Originating in
Haïti, rara is a form of festival music used for street processions, typically during
Easter Week. The music centers on a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets called vaksen (which may also be made of metal pipes), but also features drums,
maracas,
güiros (a percussion instrument), and metal bells, as well as sometimes also cylindrical metal trumpets which are made from recycled metal, often coffee cans. The vaksen-s 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, and the music may also weave in
funk and
reggae basslines.
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