Piano - Oranjestad, Aruba
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The piano is part of a bronze sculpture installed in March 2017 in Plaza Padu, just behind the administration building in Oranjestad, Aruba.
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Location: Aruba
Date Posted: 01/17/2019
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The sculptural group by local artist Ciro Abath pays tribute to Juan Chabaya Lampe, Rufo Wever and Hubert Boi. Juan Chabaya Lampe (Padú del Caribe) is an Aruban musician and songwriter. He wrote the music of "Aruba Dushi Tera", a waltz that is now the national anthem of Aruba.
The sculpture shows Lampe playing the piano, sitting on the piano bench to the left of the musician Rufo Wever who composed the lyrics of the anthem. Hubert (Lio) Boi stands behind the piano in front of Lamp and Wever. He wrote the last stanza of the national anthem.
The chorus of the anthem is written on the back of the piano. It reads (in papiamento):
O, Aruba, dushi tera,
nos baranca tan stima,
Nos amor pa bo t’asina grandi,
cu n’tin nada pa kibr'e,
cu'n tin nada pa kibr'e.
English translation
Oh Aruba dear country,
our rock so beloved,
our love for you is so strong,
that nothing can destroy it,
that nothing can destroy it.
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