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Katiana Murillo: A Sweet Taste of Central American Music

With a very particular name, Papaya Music was born in Costa Rica in 2003 to preserve Central American historical music by melding with a modern sound. This group of artists chose this tropical fruit- papaya- as the emblem of their label because it originates, in fact, from a musically rich but little explored region.

As a result, La Orquesta de la Papaya (The Papaya Orchestra) was launched as a musical experiment that led to the creation of the label and a collection of Central American music.

This is the way how the folk violin of Panama, the Garifuna drums of Belize, the marimbas of Nicaragua and Costa Rica and the earthen jugs of Guatemala, among others, come together in what is considered the most interesting musical experiment on the isthmus.

Why? Because Papaya Music reflects exactly the fusion and musical memory of diverse peoples: Indigenous and Spanish entwined and English mixed with African in a ribbon of land that links North and South America. Let's say, little pieces of Central America’s musical identity that bring together traditional and contemporary performers.

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