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Meaning of marimba by Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez




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marimba
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In Colombia it is a percussion instrument made with several elongated tablets, of different sizes and placed from highest to lowest on a platform. It is very characteristic of the Pacific and especially used by black communities. The most commonly used are chonta. The word is of Bantu origin and means many bars or tablets. It is very similar to a xylophone.

  

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