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a box you sit on, slap silly, and somehow turn into a drum kit

originBorn from enslaved Peruvians banned from owning drums
hidden snareGuitar strings inside buzz against the front face
name meansLiterally Spanish for box or crate
flamenco adoptionPaco de Lucia brought it to Spain in 1977
the seatThe player perches atop their own instrument
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