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Castanets & Maracas Pieces in Indian Songs.

Castanets. Castanets are used in a variety of ways, and have their place in the flamenco culture. Over the years, they have become very common in music for all types of dancing. The origins of castanets date back hundreds of years, although it is hard to say exactly where they came from. Many people have seen castanets, but had no idea what they were. A set of castanets appear to be two shells. This term comes from the Spanish word castanuelas which means little chestnuts – hence the name. Castanets are made from either wood or fiberglass. The shells are held together by string or rope, which is usually made of leather. If you are familiar with flamenco music you probably know a thing or two about castanets. Rather than stop here, why not get involved with the playing of this instrument? This is a great way to really learn more about castanets. Maracas. Percussion instruments, especially drums, existed as long ago as the Stone Age. Maracas may have originated among several ancient civilizations at almost the same time. African tribes are known to have played drums and a wide variety of rattles and similar instruments from the traditions that have been carried down through the ages. South Pacific Islanders also developed a wide range of rattles by using plants that produced gourd-like seed pods; rattles without handles were even made from coconuts that had been dried out. In South America, maracas linked music and magic because witch doctors used maracas as symbols of supernatural beings; the gourds represented the heads of the spirits, and the witch doctor shook the gourds to summon them. Just as maracas are essential to today's Latin and South American ensembles, the history of the maracas is best traced through the artwork of pre-Columbian Indians, especially the tribes in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Paraguay. The word maraca is believed to have been given to the instrument by the Araucanian people of central Chile. It is used for all gourd rattles although some also have more specific names. In the region of West Africa along the Atlantic Ocean called Guinea, native people tell the legend of a goddess making a maraca by sealing white pebbles in a calabash, a hard gourd that is also shaped into cooking utensils. Natives of the Congo in Africa and the Hopi Indians in America share the tradition of using turtle shells and baskets for rattles; when settlers brought European goods to America, native Americans collected empty shell cartridges, metal spice boxes,