sentences:  It is celebrated by blowing conch shells or horns, beating lapo kabwit ("goat skin") drums, iron, cowbell, and shaking the "ckak chak" (a maracas) while singing folk songs known as chanté mas.The mimicry and ridicule of the costumes were matched by the satire of the songs, which is full of double meaning and innuendo.This pattern is reflected in the Old Street ballads of Dominican masquerade.