Violin village: artisanal hub in Bolivian Amazon


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Hildeberto Oreyai plays the violin outside his house in the town of Urubicha, Bolivia. Photo: AFP

Nestled in the Bolivian Amazon, the small, majority-Indigenous town of Urubicha has become an unexpected hub of violin makers, also known as luthiers.

Out of a population of some 8,000 people, most of whom are native Guarayos, some 40-50 work directly in the trade, local resident Waldo Papu tells AFP.

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