Guacharaca is a scraping musical instrument made out of cane. It consists of two parts; the guacharaca itself, which is rugged, and a fork made out of hard wire and wooden handle, used to scrap the guacharaca's rugged surface. Its interior is carved becoming similar to a canoe. The guacharaca's thickness is close to that of a broom stick and it is as large as a violin. In fact, the guacharaca is interpreted in a position relatively similar to a violin posture. The guacharaca was invented by native American indians from the Tairona culture in the region of la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, as an instrument to simulate the guacharaca bird's singing. After colonization by the Spanish culture it was later adapted, during the mid 20th century to a new form of musicical fusion, Vallenato. Musicians who interpret this instrument are called in spanish; "guacharaqueros". Aluminum canoe, Upper Klamath Lake Canoeing on the Concord River. ... A violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... The Tairona were a precolombian civilization in the region of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the present-day Magdalena and La Guajira Departments of Colombia, South America which goes back to the 1st century AD and showed documented growth around in the 11th century. ... The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is a mountain range in northern Colombia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Colonialism. ... Vallenato is, along with cumbia , the most popular folk music of Colombia. ...