A pair of maracas, shown with rounded, painted heads and natural wood handles, in combinations of green, yellow, red, orange, and blue. They are shaken in pairs to keep rhythm in Latin American music, and the emoji represents the instrument as well as ๐ dancing and celebration.
The Maracas emoji is used for posts about Latin music, dance, and parties: โSalsa night ๐๐ชโ, a ๐ dancing clip, or ๐ party plans with ๐ถ music. It can also stand for the instrument in percussion or music-education posts, alongside a ๐ฅ drum.
It can also be used for Cinco de Mayo posts and celebrations.
| Category | ๐ Objects |
| Subgroup | Musical instrument |
| Codepoints | 1FA87 |
| HTML hex | 🪇 |
| HTML dec | 🪇 |
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%AA%87 |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | f0 9f aa 87 |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \ud83e\ude87 |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001fa87 |
| CSS | \01FA87 |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1FA87} |
| Perl | \x{1FA87} |
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