Baudilio Guama
Photo by Samantha Hawkins, Smithsonian Institution
Baudilio Guama Rentería tunes his marimba de chonta.
Foto de JB Weilapp, Smithsonian Institution
Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
Baudilio Guama Rentería tunes the palma de chonta wood for his marimba de chonta.
Photo by JB Weilapp, Smithsonian Institution
Baudilio Guama is a well-known marimba de chonta builder. Baudilio builds this traditional instrument of the Pacific rainforest from local wood, including the palma de chonta which is a hard, dark, durable wood. He sells the instruments to music groups throughout the region.
