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Cajón is a Peruvian and Cuban box drum, made from a wooden hollowed box, widely used in Cuban rumba, Afro-Peruvian music and modern flamenco. They come in varying sizes with open bottoms.
The instrument is usually played with the hands and with player sitting on the cajón, executing strokes on the sides and rocking the cajón up and down to change the sounds.
Cajon flamenco, caja