Abwe

{{Short description|Cuban musical ensemble using Gourds.}}

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An abwe or chekeré is a Cuban musical ensemble that uses gourds.{{cite web|title=Cuba Music|url=http://www10.homepage.villanova.edu/lauren.rodriguez/music.htm|access-date=2012-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064731/http://www10.homepage.villanova.edu/lauren.rodriguez/music.htm|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} It is a product of cabildos, historical congregations of African slaves brought to Cuba.{{cite book|title=Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History: Volume 2|isbn = 9780292784987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uspTNzJ_NoYC&q=abwe+music+ensemble&pg=PA483|last1 = Kuss|first1 = Malena| publisher=University of Texas Press }}