parranda puertorriqueña, instruments Published December 28, 2011 at 795 × 545 in La parranda puertorriqueña: my favorite Puerto Rican Christmas tradition! Some of the traditional instruments used in a parranda puertorriqueña: Cuatro (looks like a guitar, but has 5 sets of double strings; a plenero (looks like a drum in the photo); maracas (bottom left set); and a güiro (looks like wooden banana) parranda puertorriqueña, instruments