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Two drums, no sticks, all hands — Cuba's heartbeat strapped between your knees
OriginBorn in eastern Cuba around the 1900s
Two sizesMacho is small, hembra is big
Also animalA striped African antelope shares the name
Skin tuningPlayers heat heads near flame to sharpen pitch
Beatnik fuelPowered countless smoky 1950s poetry readings