Cascahuilla
The cascahuillas or cashcahuillas is a percussion instrument from the music of the Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina.[1]
It is an instrument typically used in the regions of the Machupe people. It is used as accompaniment in religoius ceremonies when playing the cultrun (or kultrun), which is a type of ceremonial drum. The cascahuillas is composed of a leather strap, on which jingle bells made of bronze are attached. The leather strap is tied around the hand that strikes the cultrun, or in the case of dancers, it sounds as the dancers move.[1]
A homemade version of the instrument is simple to make with leather and four jingle bells.
The machi (Machupe shaman) accompanies themself with this instrument in a healing ceremony called machitún.[2]
The name of the instrument comes from the Mapudungun word kaskawilla (pronounciation: [kaskawiʎa], [kaʃkawiʎa]) or kadkawilla ([kaθkawiʎa], [kaðkawiʎa]), which in turn is an adaptation of the Castillian word cascabel ("jingle bell"), in its form cascabillo.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 González Fulle, Beatriz; Claro Eyzaguirre, Alejandra (2015). Los Jaivas y la música latinoamericana. Cuaderno Pedagógico [Los Jaivas and Latin American Music. Pedagogical Notebook] (in español). Consejo Nacional de las Culturas y las Artes, Gobierno de Chile. ISBN 9789563521160. Search this book on
- ↑ Gutierrez, Tibor (1985). "El "Machitún": rito mapuche de acción terapéutica ancestral". Colegio de Antropólogos de Chile.
- ↑ Marchant Sarabia, Sebastián Dionisio (2009). "Composición instrumental inspirada en la cosmovisión mapuche". Universidad de Valparaiso.
