sentences:  The "Rabinal Achí" is a Maya song-dance-drama from the fifteenth century that uses vibrant costumes and wooden masks to tell the story of the community and its history through myths of origin while also addressing popular and political subjects concerning the inhabitants of the region of Rabinal, expressed through masked dance, theatre, and music.The instrumentation used is a wooden slit-drum and two trumpets or shawms.Throughout its history, various instruments have been used to create various other effects such as gourds for percussion.