the dominican güira has also become the instrument of choice for non dominican styles of music in other countries. in colombia for example, the güira has replaced the traditional wood “guacharaca” in modern vallenato music, specially during large live performances. likewise, many “tropical” dance orchestras and bands in colombia use the dominican güira to play cumbia and other local popular styles. much like the cuban tumbadoras (congas) which have become the general all purpose instrument for dance music in colombia (being added to the vallenato ensemble or even replacing traditional local drums in some cases during live performances of cumbia) the dominican güira has also become a general all purpose scraped instrument for dance bands in colombia.