Music from El Salvador

I'm already thinking about the next topic: Music.

In my mind has been rounding the idea of carving a Tepunahuaste. I've been looking for a walnut log that will fill all the requirements to make this happen, I haven't found it yet, but I will eventually. I will keep you posted.
Oh I forgot to tell you that the Tepunahuaste it's a percussion instrument. It consist of a hollow log with an incision in the shape of an H and it only emits two different notes.

This is an schematic of the instrument:

I also found today a perfect arch to make a Caramba. The caramba it's a single string instrument with a calabash shell in the middle of the bow and it's played hitting the string with a stick, sort of like a Brazilian berimbau only longer.
I will post some pictures of the progress once I get all the necessary supplies to start building it.

Until then I will keep thinking about more instruments to add to the list.

Talcigüines Slideshow

The Talcigüines Slideshow it's been completed I will only use some background sound and I also added the Credits at the end.

Here is the result:

El Slideshow de Los Talcigüines esta terminado, decidi solo usar un sonido de fondo y agregue los creditos al final.

Aquí esta el resultado:

Traditions Brochure

I finished the Traditions Brochure just now. I was debating about what background I wanted to use on this and the answer was right in front of me: My computer desk! The texture on the top was the perfect choice for this matter. I took a picture of it and this is how it ended up looking:

El Salvador Traditions Brochure1

Balls of Fire Slideshow

I finally finished the Balls of Fire slideshow yesterday here is the result:

Moors and Christians Slideshow

I've been working on the Moors and Christians Slideshow and this is how it's looking so far:

Flavors of the World Cultural Fair Project

This blog has been created with the only purpose of tracking the progress of the stand representing my country El Salvador at Flavors of the World Cultural Fair. This will take place at the Federal Way Library on August 20,2011.

This is the complete address and phone number:

34200 1st Way S., Federal Way, 98003

253-838-3668

Or you can click here to check out the calendar and information about the event.

You can also visit the KCLS web site for more info:

 http://www.kcls.org/federalway/


We look forward to see you there.