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Norka McAlister's curator insight,
February 14, 2015 7:54 PM
It is amazing on how these slum residents have a brilliant idea in how to convert waste and trash into a gorgeous music. Imagination plays a giant roll into poverty. People need to subsist and imagination makes this possible by taking anything in their environment and having it serve a particular purpose. The high percentage of contamination in this pollute field is another pressing matter, however this issue does not stop residents from pursuing their dreams. Enhancing their skills in music by making musical instruments out of trash, allows them to escape from their problems. In this little town in Paraguay, poverty and excess waste is prevalent in this society, but the residents take advantage of their waste polluted fields and make musical instruments out of what they find in them. Furthermore, this ingenuity helps children and improves their overall quality of life.
Adam Deneault's curator insight,
December 7, 2015 12:19 PM
After seeing this video, I have come to realize that here in America, we take so much for granted and complain about the smallest of things that do not go the way wanted, most Americans always want the newest and best of things whether it be cars, houses or electronics. Here in this video, you can just see the happiness these kids have and the joy that is brought to their lives using junk, literally junk. Their instruments are made from broken instruments or pieces of garbage picked from the landfill that could make the instruments. The fact that they are poor, live in slums and can have such joy in their lives, should be an eye opener for us here in America so that we stop taking our lives for granted and realize if people can be poor and find joy out of junk, then we can stop being selfish and take pride and joy in what we have even if it is not the newest and greatest thing on the market.
Kelvis Hernandez's curator insight,
September 29, 2018 11:16 PM
This video is so amazing it is great that people can still make the best of terrible situations. With music, these kids are able to find a great activity in which to express themselves. I think music is so important and can be such a great tool for everyone to use in any context. It is such an inspiring tale as even in the poorest place there are people who can actually do something important and help create something more and something so beautiful out of other's trash. As you watch you can see how important this is to those children and how this gives them hope for something better in the future. |
