Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary SourceDate Posted: 9/19/2009
This variety of maracas, made of cow leather and sinew, is used in musical genres like guaracha, son, and salsa. They are of different sizes, so that one is pitched higher and the other, lower. In contrast, the Afro-Puerto Rican musical tradition known as bomba uses a larger, single maraca in its performances.
This is a miniature version of the barril de bomba, the kind of drum used in performances of the ...
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Learn about Puerto Rican Carnival with Ramon, who longs to masquerade along with the older boys, ...
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