The Chekeré is a percussion instrument that comes from Africa and Cuba which , like the maracas and the güiro is manufactured starting from a variety of marrow, a dried and worked water-bottle.
The instrument is also present in the Mandingue music from West Africa, where it is also called sometimes Djabara.
Normally larger than the güiro, it is emptied and covered with a mesh made of small pearls. It can be shaken, struck on the hand, used in rotation, launched and recovered in rhythm...
