It was generally used to accompany most songs, both secular and religious. These drum-sticks seem to be limited to the Haitian Seconde drum, traditionally used in voodoo rites. This generic indeterminacy impacted on how Cuban musicians attempted to represent themselves musically: they drew musical distinctions that intersected with national, racial, ethnic, gender and other types of social categories. Musicians and scholars eager to enter this aesthetic world must therefore learn a musical "language" of aesthetically informed gestures and textures, often without an accompanying verbal guide. If travel between the native and foreign countries reverses, the once stellar disciple may be sidelined, avoided, or even shunned.
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