Versatility Within Spanish-speaking Caribbean Countries
The Spanish -speaking Caribbean countries display versatility throughout the music, musical influences, and other aspects of the culture. Firstly, in Cuba there is a category of culture called Afro-Cuban. Within this category, versatility is seen because there are sacred music and secular music. Sacred music is music that serves a religious purpose in Christian traditions. On the other hand, secular music is music that is intended for non-religious practices. Image taken from: https://rhythmtraders.com/pages/bata Above is an image showing an example of an instrument used in sacred song. This instrument is used during sacred song of the genre Santeria. Santeria is a mixture of Yoruba and Catholicism. Santeria is one of the largest Afro-Cuban religions. Within Santeria music, the instruments that may be used to create the sound can include the batá drums which is three doublegeaded hourglass shaped drums of different sizes, an ekón (bell), conga drums, chéqueres (dried gourds shaken