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Castanets are percussion instruments used in North African, Roma, Spanish, and Latin American music. The most common type consists of two small matching pieces of hard wood or ivory, joined at the inner edge and used with a thin strap in the player's hand; they are snapped together between the palm and fingers and used to produce clicks for rhythmic accents or a ripping or rattling sound consisting of a rapid series of clicks. What is the origin of the instrument's name?