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A maraca (pronunciation ⓘ), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, [1] is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music.It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair.
Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz. Chac-chac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles. The egg-shaped plastic chicken shake, filled with steel shot and available in varying tones depending on the size and quantity of shot. Folk instruments especially used in ceremonial dance. Toy rattles for infants.
The main traditional instruments are drums and maracas. [5] Drums play an important role in Garifuna music. The main drum is the Segunda (bass drum). The drums are normally made by hollowing out logs and stretching antelope skin over them. [5]
The shak-shak (or chak-chak) is a kind of Antillean musical instrument, similar to maracas or shakers. They are played in Barbados, Montserrat, Grenada and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Their uses include Montserratian string bands and the Barbadian crop over festival.
Afro-Caribbean music is a broad term for music styles originating in the Caribbean from the African diaspora. [1] These types of music usually have West African/Central African influence because of the presence and history of African people and their descendants living in the Caribbean, as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [2]
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Rara is a form of festival music that originated in Haiti that is used for street processions, typically during Easter Week.The music centers on a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets called vaksin, but also features drums, maracas, güiras or güiros (a percussion instrument), and metal bells, as well as alsos which are made from recycled metal, often coffee cans.
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