🪇 Maracas

Meaning of 🪇 Maracas Emoji

🪇 “Maracas” represents a pair of percussion instruments – rattles. The emoji, released in 2022, complemented the percussion instruments category in the “Musical Instruments” set and made it to the emoji list for Unicode 15.0.

The 🪇 “Maracas” emoji depicts a cultural symbol of Latin America and is associated with music, celebration, noise, rhythm and 💃 Carnival. It can represent a specific musical genre, instrument or a holiday specific to the ancestral region, and can be used in related themes. The emoji also conveys a festive mood, happiness and cheerfulness.

Use this emoji when talking about Latin American national holidays. This could be the annual Carnival in 🇧 Brazil, Dia del Niño in 🇻🇪 Venezuela or 🇲🇽 Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo. Apart from the flag emoji, 🪇 combine “Maracas” with the 🎉 “Party Popper”, 🥳 “Face with party horn”, and other themed emojis.

Additionally, add the 🪇 “Maracas” emoji to talk about 🎶 Music. And not just in the context of Latin songs, but about music in general. Say, send emoji to invite your friends to 🤩🎶🪇🎸 a rocking concert of your favourite band, or let your loved ones know that you have suddenly become 😌📝🪇🎺🎵 a songwriter. In your lyrics, also apply the emojis from the 🎸 “Musical Instruments” set.

Likewise the 🪇 “Maracas” emoji is appropriate in 👶 Children-related topics, where it can represent toys, and in conversations about travel when it comes to souvenirs.

Interesting Fact:

• The maracas are a percussion instrument. But each maracas is tuned in a different way, producing a varied and interesting sound.