The folk music of slaves brought to Latin America and the Caribbean islands is closer in sound to its African roots because of two reasons. First, the cultural practices of the slaves brought to North America were suppressed. Second, slaves in Latin America and the Caribbean were allowed to play drums.
Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.
