chácaras
Chácaras are a type of castanets from the Canary Islands. They are an idiophonic and chattering instrument, with an interior cavity. It is typically made of moral wood. • Illustration — A set of chácaras Chácaras are used in the traditional music of the islands of El Hierro and La Gomera, the latter being bigger than the hands of the player.
Also recorded as Chacaras
chácaras
Jelican9 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Field
- idiophone.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Chácaras are a type of castanets from the Canary Islands. They are an idiophonic and chattering instrument, with an interior cavity. It is typically made of moral wood. • Illustration — A set of chácaras Chácaras are used in the traditional music of the islands of El Hierro and La Gomera, the latter being bigger than the hands of the player.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for chácaras. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5118643 · wikipedia · Chácaras
In this article
Overview
They are often accompanied by tambor drums and chanting, and by dancers performing the baile de tambor (drum dance). When playing, a pair of chácaras is held in each hand, secured by the cord, and the hands are shaken. The macho (male) chácara, with a deeper sound, held in one hand, sets the rhythm, and the hembra (female) chácara, in the other hand, is the one that chimes. In the other islands there are similar smaller instruments, but they are called castañuelas (castanets). Despite not appearing in the archaeological record, etymological analysis suggests a pre-colonial Guanche origin for this instrument, its name possibly related to Berber words such as šakar, meaning "hoof".
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Chácaras”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5118643: chácaras
General reference · Wikidata
Literature
Literature
Chácaras and Estancias in Early Arequipa, Landowners in Colonial Peru, 1984
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
Connections
Knowledge graph
Connections
Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.
Broader subject
1- idiophoneTerminology
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- ceteroneTerminology
- CevilleWork
- CFL Football '99Work
- chabretteTerminology
- Chack'n PopWork
- chadaganTerminology
- ChaganeTerminology
- Chaigneau-BrasierOrganisation
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with chácaras?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.