La banda de marimba

Performance in the Parque Centro, Quetzeltenango, Guatemala.

marimba.jpgMarimba is the national music of Guatemala, and is played on large wooden xylophones with a group of players. Each player holds up to 2 beaters in each hand. What follows is an incredibly well sychronised multi-layered performance of complex pieces of music. When we arrived they were giving 'White Christmas' the marimba treatment!