maraca

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"John Kitna is as easy to rattle as a maraca on Cinco De Mayo."

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  1. noun A Latin-American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs.

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  • New trademark registrations from Gearbox Software seem to suggest that the company behind the World War II shooter series Brothers in Arms and Wii maraca-shaker Samba de Amigo is plotting —  *Shacknews* Games
  • Now, if I have the lens mounted I have one maraca, if I take off the lens - easily done, no need to press the release button - then I have a pair of them, and can play complicated rhythms too .. * sighs* I have to make it sound funny, otherwise I would be a bit angry, it did cost a fortune, and now both the lens and the frame is broken. —  The daily irrelevant
  • Twisting her waist-length hair, shaking a tiny red maraca and wolf whistling the keyboard wig-outs of Chico Chargas, Malheiros grew more endearing and her voice more resonant as the set progressed. —  Evening Standard - Home
  • The gift-set includes a see through, vinyl, child-sized backpack stuffed with Boca Beth bilingual products including a CD with sing-along songs, a learning DVD, a puppet (with the original Boca character which appears in the DVD movie), a coloring book and either an egg shaker or maraca. —  Celebrity Baby Blog - People.com
  • Not to mention that the technique involved to make a TicTac box behave like a shaker or maraca is tricky, and difficult to maintain even for a seasoned percussionist. —  SPIKE Featured Videos
 

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  1. Portuguese maracá, probably from Tupi.
 

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