The town of Cateura, Paraguay was literally built on top of a landfill – a landfill that receives over 1,500 tons of waste each day. Despite the seemingly hopeless situation in Cateura, something truly beautiful has emerged. Ingenuitive locals began turning trash into musical instrument for the town’s youth.
The above video testifies to the transformative power of music, even in the more dire of situations. Perhaps there’s a message of social justice here that speaks of human needs that run far deeper than the mere basics of life. What do you think?
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#1 by Ben Yanke on December 10, 2012 - 8:55 pm
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VERY cool.
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#2 by M. Jackson Osborn on December 10, 2012 - 11:09 pm
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Miraculous! That such instruments AND such music-making should be the bestowed upon such children! How fortunate they are!
(A good-natured question: is ‘ingenuitive’ really a word? Perhaps it’s a marriage of ‘ingenious’ and ‘intuitive’???)
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#3 by Mary Wood on December 11, 2012 - 12:51 am
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Bless them – what a delight
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#4 by Bryon Gordon on December 11, 2012 - 8:12 am
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What a paradoxical way to make a joyful noise unto the Lord!
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#5 by David Philippart on December 11, 2012 - 9:59 am
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“Perhaps there’s a message of social justice here that speaks of human needs that run far deeper than the mere basics of life. What do you think?”
Definitely. We all need beauty as well as bread!
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