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| Most important Mestizo genre in Peru |
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| ensemble that consists of guitarrón, vihuela, guitar, violins and trumpets |
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| traditional Mexican music originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. |
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| played by a Trio Huasteco composed of a guitarra quinta huapanguera (a five course, eight stringed guitar-like instrument) a Jarana Huasteca (a stringed instrument related to the jarana) and a violin. |
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| fusion of indigenous (primarily Huastecan), Spanish, and African musical elements, reflecting the population which evolved in the region from Spanish colonial times. |
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| Lowland Amazonian musical culture. Predominantly vocal, sometimes accompanied by rattles. |
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| The Kayapo people are indigenous peoples in Brazil, from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon Basin and along Rio Xingu and its tributaries. |
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| Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance and music |
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| Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia, Brazil, offten ssociated with carnival |
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| Cuíca is a Brazilian friction drum with a large pitch range, produced by changing tension on the head of the drum. |
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