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Also known as maracas

A maraca ( , , ), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, 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. A maraca player in the Spanish language is called a .

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It sits within the topics Central American and Caribbean percussion instruments, Concert band instruments and Hand percussion.

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Instrument.name
Maraca
Instrument.image
Maracas.jpg
Instrument.background
percussion
Instrument.classification
Percussion
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
112.1
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
Shaken idiophones or rattles
Instrument.related
Shekere
Instrument.musicians
Machito, Monguito
Instrument.builders
LP Percussion
Instrument.sound sample
File:Maracas.ogg

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Mar-3-flaschenkürbis-gourd-maraca-shaker-rassel-rattle-natural-percussion - Maultrommel, Jew's Harp.jpg
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Commons category
Maracas
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
112.13
Unicode character
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