"A g\u00FCira (Spanish pronunciation: [\u02C8\u0261wi\u027Ea]) is a percussion instrument originating in the Dominican Republic, generally used in merengue, and its subgenres like bachata, which in use is similar to the maraca or the trap-kit\u2019s hi-hat but here formed of thin sheet metal\u2014in practice, steel sometimes from a five-gallon oil can\u2014and played with a stiff brush, similar to the Puerto Rican g\u00FCiro."@en . . . .