<div dir="ltr"><div>I have heard of this instrument but never saw it actually played. Very cool!</div><div> </div><div>Alice</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Marta Moreno García <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marta.moreno@cchs.csic.es" target="_blank">marta.moreno@cchs.csic.es</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear Idoia and all, <br>
It is in fact an equid mandible what you saw. It is a kind of
popular musical instrument that it is played also in Spanish
folklore. If you look it up in Wikipedia this is the information
you get: <br>
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The <b>Quijada</b> [<b>Charrasga</b>, or <b>Jawbone</b> in
English] is a traditional Latin percussion instrument that is
cleaned of tissue and dried so the teeth can loosen and act as a
rattle. They are traditionally made from the jawbone of either a
mule, horse, or donkey.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-VirginiaTechDictionary-1" target="_blank"><span></span></a></sup>
To play, a musician holds one half in one hand and strikes the
other with either a stick or their hand; this causes the teeth to
rattle against the bone creating a loud, untuned sound, original
to this instrument.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-OxfordDictionary-2" target="_blank"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
It is used in music throughout most of Latin America, including
Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Cuba. While it is used in
most Latin American countries, the quijada gets it origin from the
Africans that were brought to the Americas during the colonial
era.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-OxfordDictionary-2" target="_blank"><span>[</span><span></span></a></sup>
It is also believed that it was first introduced in Peru, making
it an Afro-Peruvian instrument.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-3" target="_blank"><span></span></a></sup>
It is used in traditional and contemporary Latin music; an example
is a song being played<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R44rBtI37EE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a> in
Oaxaca, Mexico, using the Quijada to keep the beat for the
"cancion". The quijada de burro is most commonly used at carnivals
and religious festivals.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-4" target="_blank"><span></span></a></sup>
This instrument is one example of a mix of two different cultures,
African and Indigenous, that created an instrument that gained
value for the people of Latin America.<br>
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Cheers, <br>
Marta<br>
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El 30/10/2013 12:38, Idoia Grau escribió:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br>
<br>
A friend of mine sent me a link to this video and I was
surprised to find, around minute 2:13, that a man was using a
lower mandible of some animal (equid?) as a music instrument.<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O07NXc6-BzM#t=132" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O07NXc6-BzM#t=132</a><br>
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<strong><font face="Tahoma">Idoia Grau Sologestoa</font></strong>
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