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MAKE YOUR OWN Latin-American GUIRO Make It! To make an easy version of a Latin-American guiro, you’ll need a recycled water bottle WHAT IS with ridges and a simple scraper. If you like, add materials inside the clear bottle for decoration to make this crafty project even more fun! A GUIRO? Materials Although different versions » Any recycled water bottles with ridges of this type of instrument » Any one of these items as a rasp: are found all over the world, an unsharpened pencil, chopsticks, metal whisk or plastic hair pick the guiro or güiro (Spanish » A small amount of yarn or string pronunciation: ‘gwiro) is » A small amount of tape or electrical tape most often associated with » Materials For Filling Guiro (optional) Latin American music and Beans, beads, rice, pebbles, sand, birdseed cultures. Guiros made of bone or any similar “fi llings” that will create a can be seen in drawings from rattling sound the ancient civilizations of » Glitter or confetti for decoration Mexico. Guiros made from dried gourds are crafted and Putting It All Together played throughout South 1. Remove the wrapper from your clean, America, Central America and dry water bottle. on Caribbean islands such as 2. Decide whether or not you’ll be fi lling Puerto Rico and Cuba. Modern your guiro. guiros can be made of wood, 3. If you fi ll your guiro with material such plastic or metal, as well. as beans, rice, pebbles or birdseed, you can play it as a shaker or rattle as well. North Atlantic Ocean 4.
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