Description
Peruvian Cajon
Percussion Idophone
Resonating Bodies, from Cuba, Peru, America; Spain, Europe; African origin
History of the Peruvian Cajon
It is instrument has a difficult and curious origin. The Peruvian drawer created by African slaves dates back to 1900 although, some researchers claim that this instrument already existed in the year 1850.
In this regard, Manuel Atanasio Fuentes in his book “Lima: Historical, Descriptive, Statistical and Customs Notes” states that at that time there was a kind of drum regularly made of drawer, boxes and boards, the same that had one of its sides unclaved to make the drawer blow more sound. This instrument could be executed with your hands or two pieces of cane.
African slaves brought into the new world against their will, perhaps found some relief by grouping songs of their African land. In Africa talking about music is talking about percussion, it is likely that locked in boats or galleons for months, they had to look for surfaces or objects around them to accompany their songs. And so came, by the thousands to Peruvian lands, turned into black slaves of the Spanish yoke.
Probably in the vicinity of sugarcane plantations, or cotton, after working days, the brunettes gathered to rest and talk, and the music that evoked their origins and relieved their present life. And, sitting in the shade of a tree on some yard or solar, they sang songs and some perished the chairs, and others, the drawers used to transport objects or fruits.
Source: Instrumundo
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