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Once the gourd is dried, it is filled with aliʻi poe seeds. The base filled with the aliʻi poe seeds, is then attached to a stick wrapped with rattan for the handle by making holes at the top of the gourd and looping the strips of rattan through the holes.
The names of the drums are onomatopoeic, meaning that they sound like the thing they describe.This is common for West African instruments. Shekere (gourd rattle), sege sege (metal djembe rattle), kese kese (woven basket rattle), and kenken (a bell played with dunun) are Malinké onomatopoeic terms for other instruments that are commonly played together with dunun and djembe.
A few pebbles are inserted to make it rattle and it is crowned with the red feathers of the guarás (scarlet ibis). It was used at their dances and to heal the sick. [4] Andean curanderos (healers) use maracas in their healing rites. [5] Modern maraca balls are also made of leather, wood or plastic. [6] A maraca player in Spanish is a maraquero ...
Jawbone of a mule or donkey, teeth acting as rattles quinto [1] Cuba: 111.2 Box with two sloping sides, tapped with the fingers percussively rattle [10] Surinamese Maroons: 112.13 Rattle used in both secular and religious purposes, with a specific rhythm for the spirit associated with each ritual rattle-bracelet [1] Cuba: 112.112
Musical instruments whose construction includes a gourd, or gourd-like resonator. Pages in category "Gourd musical instruments" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
A gourd rattle is also played in certain ceremonies. This rattle is made from a gourd partly filled with seeds, with a wooden shaft going through the middle, decorated with a band of young macaw feathers around the middle and a few parrot-wing feathers hanging from a string attached to the tip of the staff.
Native and Spanish instruments are used including the harp, violin or fiddle, rasp (hirukiam, also kuta), drum, and rattles. Singing forms include the deer songs as well as messenger songs ( suru bwikam ), corn wine songs ( vachi vino bwikam ), fly songs ( nahi bwikam ), and coyote songs ( wo'i bwikam ).
The shekere is made from vine gourds that grow on the ground. The shape of the gourd determines the sound of the instrument. A shekere is made by drying the gourd for several months then removing the pulp and seeds. After it is scrubbed, skillful bead work is added as well as colour.