Feb. 20 is Día Nacional de la Marimba in Guatemala. The instrument's importance as a symbol of resistance and cultural pride has taken on new meaning among refugees and immigrants in the U.S.

They cry because they feel the music from their country. (SOUNDBITE OF MARIMBA PLAYING) ULABY: February 20 was declared the national day of the marimba by the Guatemalan Congress in 1999.

In his hometown of San Francisco Zapotitlán in southwest Guatemala, Esteban’s family would sit together at lunch every day and listen to marimba music on the radio.

The sound of jazz in a highland town in Guatemala leads to a Mayan musician who is quietly working to sustain a local art form. Though he works as a tailor, his real passion is the marimba, a ...

A centuries-old instrument helps youth of Guatemalan background preserve their heritage. For WBEZ, Catalina Maria Johnson has the story on marimba music in Chicago. Marimba It's the place where ...

A marimba repairman came to rescue an aging instrument in Guatemala's Los Angeles consulate. "I wanted to give it life again," he said.

As with many of our 21 Days playlists, our excursion into music in Guatemala is rooted in the country's Indigenous traditions.

He’s spent 12 years in Worthington, but learned marimba music by ear from his grandfather in Guatemala’s volcanic highlands. Sergio Pérez hopes the opportunity to hear this music will help ...

Music of the Maya-Quiche of Guatemala [sound recording] : the Rabinal achi and Baile de la canastas Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author Yurchenco, Henrietta Smithsonian/Folkways ...