MUSIC

• the talking drum


  is used for communication, such as alarming tribes when war is coming.
• maracatu


  an ancient carnival tradition from north-eastern brazil
• polyrhythm


  is considered the most important element in latin music
• bongos


  a pair of small open-bottomed drums of different sizes
• guiro


  an empty gourd with a ragged surface that produces a rasping sound when scraped with a stick
• ocarina


  an ancient vessel flute consisting of 4-12 finger holes and a mouthpiece projecting from its body
• conga


  a tall, narrow, single-headed drum staved like barrels
• claves


  a pair of short wooden sticks that produce a bright clicking noise when struck together
• zampona


  a pan-flute made up of a series of cane tubes bound together, open at one end and closed at the other
• cumbia


  in colombia started as a courtship dance performed among the slave communities and was later combined with european instruments
• tango


  is a ballroom dance developed by the urban lower classes in argentina and uruguay and transformed into a distinctive cultural identity
• rumba


  originated from the word rumbear which means good times, going to parties, and dancing
• cha-cha


  a lively, flamboyant, and flirtatious cuban social dance
• popular music


  consists of music that is famous at a certain time