Guatemalan and Mexican marimba traditions

The marimba is a large, wooden instrument from West Africa. Enslaved Africans carried the marimba tradition with them to Latin America, where it became an integral part of Latin American music, particularly in Guatemala. Traditional marimba music serves as a link between young Guatemalans living in the U.S.A. and Guatemalan culture. Carlos Mejía, a master marimba player, founded the group Ixchel in Chicago, Illinois, to teach youth about their culture and heritage through music. Katalina Trujillo and Víctor Zacbé Pichardo accompany Mejía as they perform traditional and contemporary marimba songs from Guatemala and Mexico. [Catalog No. - CFV10046; Copyright - 2006 Smithsonian Institution]

[@citrusblast4372]

I want to hear these melodies on orchestral instruments! It would be so cool

[@MarimbaCihuatan]

Very nice Hopefully, next time you can include the styles played in El Salvador and Nicaragua We have our own styles and traditions in the marimba as well.

[@OsakaJoe01]

Amazing. I like to study music from around the world, and it's very interesting to see how the marimba has become so engrained across cultures, each giving it its own style and twist. It's better when cultures unite and when people have shared culture, don't you think?

[@milimundo9001]

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[@zinakan]

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