Name of a traditional Japanese dance performed in groups. Name of a game of crystal balls or marbles played in Venezuela. It is one of the common names for a tree in Venezuela and some parts of Colombia. Name given to the seeds of this same tree, also known as paraparo, soap bead tree, soap bead tree, soap nut tree, bobbins, soap, soap maker, para-para, amole, chambimbe, jaboncilal, choloque, palo jabón, chumbimba. Its scientific name is Sapindus saponaria and it belongs to the family Sapindaceae.
In eastern Venezuela, parapara is the seed of the parapara tree (Sapindus saponaria). Its association with the shrapnel or marbles is due to the fact that, due to the circular shape of the seed, children used it to play, replacing the shrapnel. Rubbing it against the concrete floor made it very hot, so a colloquial saying from some regions of the East is "to jump more than stop in cement"
