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Meet our Aruban trailblazers: Padu Lampe

York, where he won a bronze
medal for his painting “Typi-
cal View of Aruba.”

Padu remained a popular
artist within the Dutch Antil-
les and the Caribbean as a
pianist, singer, author and
painter. Padu Lampe was
a local artist who became
renowned in Venezuela,
Colombia, The U.S. and The
Netherlands too. In the
1950s, he sold no less than
50 thousand copies of his
long-playing albums (LPs).

(Oranjestad)—This week we from august 1st, 1962, Padu’s Padu Lampe was a multi-
remember one of our most many merits and friendly per- faceted artist, inspired by
beloved Aruban giant, Juan sonality stood out. It was said his interest in parapsychol-
Chabaya Lampe—better that he was an excellent pia- ogy and supernatural phe-
known as Padu Lampe or nist with a personal style and nomenon. He wrote three
Padu del Caribe. As one of full of surprises. Secondly, books in Papiamento on the
the most important and re- though the composer was subject in 1986, which was
nowned artists in the Aruban not too familiar with music published by the Aruban
cultural sphere, Padu’s long theory, he showed innova- National Printing Press with
career led him to be hon- tions in his compositions. sponsorship provided by the
ored today as “the father of Lastly, Padu was a promoter Prince Bernhard Funds Neth-
culture.” of Creole music around the erlands Antilles.
world. away on November 29th, written in three different lan-
On April 26th, 1920, Juan Besides that, Padu passed 2019, at the age of 99 years guages. Padu also wrote our
Chabaya Lampe “Padu One of the most important his exam on “Society to Ad- old. Padu brought the Aru- national anthem “Aruba Du-
Lampe/Padu del Caribe” moments in Aruban history, vanced Ethical Hypnosis” ban culture around the shi Tera”, along with Mr. Rufo
was born in Nassaustraat, in which he was able to wit- in 1964 in New Jersey. He world. His legacy will remain Wever. This song was ap-
Oranjestad. He grew up in ness first-hand, was the first received a certificate as ingrained in the Aruban cul- proved by the government
a happy musical environ- radio broadcast on the is- a hypnotechnician, which tural history, and he will be of Aruba and was named
ment, and it is because of land on March 20th, 1954. gave him the authority to known forever as one of the the official anthem of the
this that he developed a Here, he was accompanied practice hypnosis in some most influential trailblazers of island in 1976.
love for music. Starting from by Antillean guitarist Julian states. our community.
the age of 12, he was agile Coco and Hubert “Loi” Booi. Other songs that have been
in the clarinet, mandolin and Over the course of his ca- Padu will always be in Aru- considered as being almost
cuatro. Henry Lampe, his fa- In the art world, Padu was reer, he received many ba’s heart, because he had a second anthem for Aru-
ther, was also a well-known also a known painter. During accolades and awards in composed various special bans is the special compo-
pianist and musician. his youth, he made several Aruba, Curacao, Venezuela songs dedicated to the sition he wrote for his wife
painting using his unique and the Netherlands. mothers of the island; his Daisy Croes called “Abo so”.
In a publication of the infor- style. In 1939, he participat- song “Sonrisa di un baby” Daisy later passed away in
mative seminar, “Observer”, ed in an art exhibit in New Padu del Caribe passed (“A baby’s Smile”) has been 1994.q

Planning on snorkeling? Get to know our Candelchi!

(Oranjestad)—If you’re waters of Aruba. illustrate some fish and their relfish. They all look alike sionally. They can be distin-
ever planning on snorkel- names in Papiamento. and it’s really difficult to dis- guished by different marks
ing during your vacation on Let’s talk about the names tinguish between them. such as color on the dorsal
Aruba, you may spot fish of fish. Do you know your Candelchi, Squirrelfish, Ho- spine or marks on the body.
that you can’t recognize. fish? The Department of locentrus adscensionis: The squirrelfish family is dis-
One of these may be the Department of Agriculture, Candelchi actually refers to tinguished by the following In Aruba:
“Candelchi” (Squirrelfish), Livestock, and Fisheries, the entire squirrelfish family characteristics. They are Candelchi are found on
a common, yet shy fish that known as Santa Rosa, offers or, as some say, when we heart-shaped with pink or reefs or areas with structure
swims all year long in the this informative article that say candelchi, we mean red hues and often show in the water where they
several different species heart-shaped streaks be- can hide. Although they
but without distinguishing tween the scales along prefer to hunt for food at
them by species. In this the body. They have hard night, they are also active
picture, we are showing fins and are always armed. during the day. They are
the most common one in Over at our sister island edible and delicious when
our waters, which is called Curaçao, they are called prepared dry and crispy
squirrelfish in English or sci- “bari di clabo” (nail barrel) with lime. It is particularly
entifically known as Holo- for that reason. challenging to scale the
centrus adscensionis. fish, which is why it is not
In our waters, there are 7 to one of the favorites among
Under candelchi, we in Aru- 8 types or species present fishermen. They often live in
ba generally refer to all the and they are sometimes groups.q
different species of squir- caught and seen occa-