Editing Parang (section)

==Performance==
In Trinidad, traditional parang music is largely performed around Christmastime,<ref name=":0" /> when singers and instrumentalists (collectively known as the ''parranderos'')<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Moodie |first=Sylvia Maria |date=1983 |title=Survival of Hispanic Religious Songs in Trinidad Folklore |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40653587 |journal=Caribbean Quarterly |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=1–31 |issn=0008-6495}}</ref> travel from house to house in the community,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pearse |first=Andrew |date=1955 |title=Aspects of Change in Caribbean Folk Music |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/834533 |journal=Journal of the International Folk Music Council |volume=7 |pages=29–36 |doi=10.2307/834533 |issn=0950-7922|url-access=subscription }}</ref> often joined by friends, neighbours, and family, using whatever instruments are at hand. Popular parang instruments include the [[Cuatro (Venezuela)|Venezuelan cuatro]] (a small, four-string guitar)<ref name=":0" /> and [[maraca]]s (locally known as ''chac-chacs'').<ref name=":0" /> Other instruments often used are [[violin]], [[guitar]], [[claves]] (locally known as ''toc-toc''), [[box bass]] (an indigenous instrument), [[tambourine]], [[mandolin]], [[bandol (instrument)|bandol]], [[caja vallenata|caja]] (a percussive box instrument), and marimbola (an Afro-Venezuelan instrument). In exchange for the entertainment, parranderos are traditionally given food and drink: pasteles, [[pastelle]], [[sorrel]], [[rum]] and ''[[Ponche crema|Ponche Crema]]'' (a form of alcoholic [[eggnog]]).

While traditional house-to-house [[caroling]] tradition is still practised by some small groups and larger organized groups, modern parang music has also developed a season of staged performances called ''parang fiestas'', held from October through to January each year, culminating in a national parang competition. Today, parang is especially vibrant in Trinidad and Tobago communities such as [[Paramin]], [[Lopinot]], and [[Arima]].