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Tag: street organ music

Posted inLatin America

Guatemala: hand-cranked organ turns back time

by inaki July 12, 2011July 12, 2011

In Guatemala’s past, the sound of hand-cranked street organs filled the air of public spaces like the Aurora Zoo in the capital city’s 13th zone, el Templo de Minerva in the Hypodromo del Norte and el Parque Colon.

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