The afoxé (also known as the cabaça or cabaca) is an Afro-Brazilian unpitched percussion instrument in the idiophone family. It is composed of a hollowed vessel wrapped in a net through which beads or seeds are threaded.
The afoxé (also known as the cabaça or cabaca) is an Afro-Brazilian unpitched percussion instrument in the idiophone family. It is composed of a hollowed vessel wrapped in a net through which beads or seeds are threaded.
Afoxé is Afro-Brazilian music and culture that performs during the Carnival in Salvador, Bahia . The Afoxé is composed of percussion-based music with the use of religious symbols from the Afro-Brazilian religion called Candomblé which is derived from the Yoruba world view . As such, the Afoxé groups march through the streets of Salvador, Bahia during Brazilian Carnival and perform the Ijexá rhythmical pattern of music which is directly related to the sacred drumming traditions found within the Candomblé ceremonies .
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