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[[File:CantaroPulqueJarMAPHidalgo01.JPG|thumb|Cantaro]]
The '''cantaro''' is a [[percussion]] [[musical instrument|instrument]]. It is a [[clay]] [[Pottery|pot]] that is struck in its outer surface or mouth with a hand, creating different effects. Water can be used to pitch the instrument to a desired sound.
In [[Mexico]], particularly in the states of [[Guerrero]] and [[Oaxaca]], it is used to accompany chilenas, sones, parabienes, gustos, minuetes, jarabes oaxaqueños, and indigenous dances. The cantaro is also used in the fandangos mixtecos of [[Puebla]].
==See also==
*[[Udu]], a similar musical pot found in Africa
== References ==
* {{cite book | last=Chamorro | first=J. Arturo | year = 1984|title =Los Instrumentos de Percusión en México |location=Zamora, Mich. and México D.F. | publisher =[[Colegio de Michoacán]] and [[CONACYT]] |isbn=978-968-7230-02-3 |oclc=12837881|language=es}}
* {{cite book| last=Contreras Arias |first=Juan Guillermo |year=1988 |title=Atlas Cultural de México, vol. 11: Musica |location=México, D.F. |publisher=[[Secretaría de Educación Pública]], [[Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia]], and Grupo Editorial Planeta |isbn=968-406-121-8 |oclc=19415139|language=es}}
[[Category:Mexican musical instruments]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean percussion instruments]]
[[Category:Struck idiophones played by hand]]
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