The Cabasa, originating from an instrument called afuche, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wide cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, narrow wooden or plastic handle. It was originally of African origin, and constructed from dried oval- or pear-shaped gourds with beads strung on the outer surface. Modern manufacturers (LP, or Latin Percussion, Inc.) have built a more durable cabasa that they call an afuche-cabasa. (pictured here) It provides a metallic, rattling sound (Similar to the sound of a rattlesnake).

Idiophones

Cabasa | Afuche | カバサ | Afuchê