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Rara (album)
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Rara Music
Rara is a form of festival music that originated in Haiti that is used for street processions, typically during Easter Week. The music centers on a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets called Vaccine (instrument), vaksin, but also features drums, maracas, güiras or güiros (a percussion instrument), and metal bells, as well as alsos which are made from recycled metal, often coffee cans. The Vaksin (instrument), vaksin perform repeating patterns in hocket and often strike their instruments rhythmically with a stick while blowing into them. In the modern day, standard trumpets and saxophones may also be used. The genre though predominantly Afro-based has some Taíno people, Taino Amerindian elements to it such as the use of güiros and maracas. The songs are always performed in Haitian Creole and typically celebrate the African ancestry of the Afro-Haitian masses. ''West African Vodun, Vodou'' is often implemented through the procession. Rara in Haiti is celebrated to commemorate pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |