The gaita gruoping Maracaibo 15 appearing on the Venezuelan television channel Venevision in 2004

The Gaita is the name of a venezuelan folk music from Maracaibo, Zulia state, it is normally considered a christmas-time music. Image File history File linksMetadata Carátulas_y_portadas_14. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Carátulas_y_portadas_14. ... Venevisión is Venezuelas largest TV station, owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... City motto: Muy noble y leal (English: Very noble and loyal) City nickname: La Tierra del Sol Amada (Spanish: The Beloved Land of the Sun) Location of Maracaibo Municipalities Maracaibo Municipality Mayor Gian Carlo Di Martino (2004 – 2008) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 550 km² N/A km² N/A km² Population... Estado Zulia is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday that marks the traditional birthdate of Jesus of Nazareth. ...

According to Joan Corominas, it may come from gaits, the Gothic word for "goat", the skin generally used for the membrane of the furro.

It popularized in the middle 60´s of the XX century in all the country, and it fused with other types of music like salsa and merengue in the 70´s. Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. ... Merengue is a type of lively, joyful music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic. ...

There are many famous Gaita groups like: Maracaibo 15, Gran Coquivacoa, Barrio Obrero, Cardenales del Éxito, Guaco (band) (when Guaco started was a gaita group, now is a salsa group), Koquimba, Melody Gaita, Estrellas del Zulia, Saladillo, and many others. Maracaibo 15 appearing on the Venezuelan television channel Venevision in 2004 Maracaibo 15 is a Venezuelan gaita group. ... // The Gaita group Gran Coquivacoa was created in 1968 by “Bocachico” Petit, Nelson Suárez, Rody Tigrera, Pedro Arteaga and Manolo Salazar, in the Ambrosio district of Cabimas, Zulia state). ... Gauco, huaco, or guao, also vejuco and bejuco are terms applied to various Central and South American, and West Indian plants, reputed to have curative powers. ...

Instruments

As instruments, the Gaita uses furros, maracas, cuatro, charrasca and tambora drum. The song themes can go from humorous and love songs, to protest songs. Maracas (sometimes called rhumba shakers) are simple percussion instruments (idiophones), usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried gourd shell (cuia - kOO-ya) or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans. ... The name cuatro refers to any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. ... The Tambora (from the Spanish word tambor (drum)) is an Afro-Caribbean musical instrument. ... A protest song is a song intended to protest perceived problems in society such as injustice, racial discrimination, war, globalization, inflation, social inequalities. ...

Types

There are many types of Gaita.

Of Furro Gaitas

• The Folk Gaita (disappeared)
• The Contemporary Gaita
• The Pop Gaita
• The Romantic Gaita

Other types, from Zulia and Venezuela

• The Santa Lucía Gaita
• The Tambora Gaita
• The Perijanera Gaita
• The Eastern Gaita

Gaita Sites:

• (Spanish) Sabor Gaitero
• (Spanish) Nuestra Gaita
• (Spanish) Las 100 gaitas del siglo

To Listen