Editing Güiro (section)

== History ==
The güiro was adapted from an instrument which originated in [[South America]]. The [[Aztec]]s produced an early cousin to the güiro, called the ''omitzicahuastli'', which was created from a small bone with serrated notches and was played in the same manner as the güiro.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Russell|first=Craig|date=1998|title=Music: Mesoamerica Through Seventeenth Century|url=http://0-search.credoreference.com.dewey2.library.denison.edu/content/entry/routmex/music_mesoamerica_through_seventeenth_century/0?institutionId=4607|journal=Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture}}</ref> The [[Taíno]] people of the Caribbean have been credited with the origins of the güiro.<ref name=":13">{{Cite book|title=Music of Latin America and the Caribbean|last=Mark.|first=Brill|date=2011|publisher=Prentice Hall|isbn=9780131839441|location=Boston, MA|oclc=653122923}}</ref> The Taínos of Cuba and Puerto Rico developed the ''güajey'', a long gourd or animal bone with notches, an antecedent of the modern day güiro.<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|title=Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes|last=Ríos|first=Kristof|publisher=Greenwood|year=2014|editor-last=Stavans|editor-first=Ilan|location=Santa Barbara|chapter=Puerto Rico}}</ref>