Kids living in a slum built on a landfill in Paraguay create The Recycled Orchestra. Unable to afford traditional instruments they instead create all of their instruments…
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You may have heard of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay. This YouTube video, posted in 2012, has been viewed almost seven million times: Cateura is the site of a huge garbage dump. The 25…
In Cateura, Paraguay, local residents of a town built upon a landfill are turning the discarded materials entering their community into musical instruments.
“The world sends us garbage. We send back music.”
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Just as children around the world will bundle up rags to be able to play football, they will also find a way to make music. In Cateura, Paraguay, a small
Cateura, Paraguay is a small city that has grown atop a massive dump. It is regarded as one of the poorest slums in Latin America, a village where people live among a sea of garbage. Incredibly, the landfill itself is the primary form of subsistence for many residents, who pick through waste for items that can be used or sold. Prospects for most of the children born in Cateura is bleak as gangs and drugs await many of them. More
Watch the video in our piece from the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra. You are certain to be moved by the power of the human spirit. Read on...
Cateura, Paraguay is a small city that has grown atop a massive dump. It is regarded as one of the poorest slums in Latin America, a village where people live among a sea of garbage. Incredibly, the landfill itself is the primary form of subsistence for many residents, who pick through waste for items that can be used or sold. Prospects for most of the children born in Cateura is bleak as gangs and drugs await many of them. More
This product is a reflection worksheet that can be used after viewing the movie Landfill Harmonic about the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura. The worksheet contains six long answer questions. Some questions ask students to reflect on what they have in common with the students of the recycled orchestra ...
Desde la creación de la Orquesta de los reciclados, la música ha cambiado la vida de los habitantes más jóvenes del barrio de Cateura (Paraguay), uno de los más pobres del país. Le debemos a Alejandra Amarilla Nash y a Juliana Peñaranda Loftus el descubrimiento y la difusión de una historia conmovedora que, según dicen, demuestra como "las soluciones más creativas y sencillas pueden brindar transformación social a las comunidades más empobrecidas".
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Foto Landfill Harmonic Orchestra «El mundo nos envía basura. Nosotros le devolvemos música». Fabio Chavez, director de la orquesta.
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VIDEO: Taking 'one man's trash' to the next level.
The Landfill Harmonic movie tells the amazing story of a youth group creating music with instruments made out of trash. Support the film on Kickstarter!
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