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    The maracas originated from indigenous tribes in Latin America, though it is unclear which specific tribe first created them. While Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Brazil are often cited as possibilities for their origin, research indicates the Arauca's tribe from South America may have been most closely associated with their creation. In South America, maracas were used in music but also had religious and spiritual significance as symbols summoned by witch doctors. Their history can be traced through pre-Columbian artwork, especially depicting tribes from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Paraguay.

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    The maracas originated from indigenous tribes in Latin America, though it is unclear which specific tribe first created them. While Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Brazil are often cited as possibilities for their origin, research indicates the Arauca's tribe from South America may have been most closely associated with their creation. In South America, maracas were used in music but also had religious and spiritual significance as symbols summoned by witch doctors. Their history can be traced through pre-Columbian artwork, especially depicting tribes from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Paraguay.

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    The Origin and History of The Maracas

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    The maracas originated from indigenous tribes in Latin America, though it is unclear which specific tribe first created them. While Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Brazil are often cited as possibilities for their origin, research indicates the Arauca's tribe from South America may have been most closely associated with their creation. In South America, maracas were used in music but also had religious and spiritual significance as symbols summoned by witch doctors. Their history can be traced through pre-Columbian artwork, especially depicting tribes from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Paraguay.

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    THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MARACAS

    The Maracas came from the indigenous tribes in Latin America.


    It is argued that some studies do not agree specifically to which
    tribe the maracas originated from and in which country of Latin
    America it was first seen.
    Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Brazil are said to be the top three
    (3) countries but research has shown that the Arauca’s tribe
    from South America seems to have been most closely linked to
    the creation of the maracas.
    In South America the maracas linked music and magic because
    the witch doctors used the maracas as symbols of supernatural
    beings; the gourds represented the heads of the spirits and the
    witch doctor shook the gourds to summon the spirits.
    The history of the Maracas is best traced through the artwork
    of pre-Columbian Indians especially the tribes in Columbia,
    Venezuela, Brazil and Paraguay.
    In West Africa native people make the maracas by sealing white
    pebbles in a calabash (a hard gourd) as well as in other
    countries it is made by using turtle shells, baskets and seeds to
    produce the maracas,

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