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maraca|məˈrækə|
Also maracca.
[Pg. maracá, prob. from Tupi (Webster).]
Usu. pl. A Latin-American percussion instrument made from the dried shell of a gourd or other material with beans or beads, etc., inside to produce a rattling sound; a gourd rattle. Also attrib.
1824H. E. Lloyd tr. Spix & Martius's Travels in Brazil II. iv. ii. 226 The Maracá, a longish gourd shell, filled with maize, fastened to a handle, with which in their dancing, they make a rattling as with castanets. 1928Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 72 A fashionable evening event along the Havana water-front is a concert by black boys with their primitive African instruments, the bongo, timbales, guiro, maracas, and claves. 1933Punch 4 Jan. 6/3 It [sc. the rumba] may be recognised by a number of taps produced in rapid succession... They are made by a couple of maraccas in the orchestra... Maraccas..are the dried husks of the calabash fruit. 1952[see Ellingtonian a. and n.]. 1954J. Steinbeck Sweet Thursday ii. 16 An orchestra took shape—two guitars, a guitarón, rhythm and maraca men. 1966Melody Maker 23 July 10/5 Alan Haven mentioned maracca sticks and jingle-sticks. 1971‘E. Anthony’ Tamarind Seed i. 13 A coal-black barman..rattling a shaker as if he were playing the maraccas. 1972Jazz & Blues Sept. 5/1 The almost African rhythms with much maracca shaking. |