Caracara

Caracaras are birds of prey in the family Falconidae. They are traditionally placed in subfamily Polyborinae with the forest falcons, but are sometimes considered to constitute their own subfamily Caracarinae, or as members of the true falcon subfamily, Falconinae. Caracaras are principally birds of South and Central America, just reaching the southern United States.

Unlike the Falco falcons in the same family, the birds in the five relevant genera are not fast-flying aerial hunters, but are comparatively slow and are often scavengers (a notable exception being the red-throated caracara).

Species

Caracaraí

Caracaraí is a municipality located in the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 17,746 and its area is 47,411 km², making it the largest municipality in Roraima state. Its territory cuts Roraima's in two and keeps boundaries with both the Brazilian state of Amazonas and Venezuela (though it is not the only municipality in the state to do so; Caroebe also borders both the state and the country, and has boundaries with Pará too.

References

Caracara (song)

Caracara is the second solo single by South African recording artist K.O featuring Kid X, released by Cashtime Life on March 3, 2014. It was released on various digital platforms. Caracara peaked at number 6 on South Africa's official music chart.

Production was handled by Lunatik, who also produced Kid X's debut single "Pass n Special", co-produced Ma-E's "uGogo",Cooler Box by Kid X, Cho dlozi by Maggz and King pin my MaE. The music video for Caracara was released via YouTube on April 25, 2014.

Accolades

Channel O Africa Music Video Awards

Composition and meaning

Caracara marks the departure of K.O from his previous sound with Teargas. The majority of the song's chorus heavily interpolates "Bengimngaka" by Kwaito group Trompies. The song explores a new subgenre of hip hop known as Skhanda rap which fuses elements of Kwaito and rap music.

"Caracara" is a South African term for the Volkswagen Microbus. During the second part of the chorus, which is in Zulu, K.O recites "Ngiblome neziphalaphala, phakathi kwe caracara". Which, when loosely translated, means, "I'm hanging around beautiful women, sitting inside a microbus".