Maracas were initially made from dried gourds and this cool ‘shake-it-up’ instrument is still used in modern Latin American music, sometimes passing under the name rhumba shaker or chac-chac.

Indigenous flutes and maracas, and a message. "I hear Conga and I hear Latin music," recalled Flores, "but this guy is singing in English. No, he's not singing about the farm ... He's singing ...