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Instruments played in the roda:
- Berimbau - The most important instrument in capoeira. It leads the music and dictates what rhythm and what game is being played. The berimbau is a bowed instrument made up of three parts:
- Verga - biriba wood
- Arame - wire taken from a tire and struck with a Vaqueta (stick)
- Cabaça - hollowed out gourd, varies in size. There are three types of cabacas:
- Gunga - Biggest in size
- Medio - Medium size cabaca
- Viola - smallest of berimbaus
- Atabaque - Brazilian Drum
- Pandeiro - Brazilian tambourine
- Agogo
- Reco-Reco
- Caxixi
Different rhythms are played in capoeira, each rhythm determines the type of game that is played inside the roda.
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