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Thursday 11 sepTember 2025

Bushiri Karting brings racing like no other!

(Oranjestad)—If you are looking Snack Bar to keep everybody fu-
for a unique and exciting venue eled with drinks and tasty bites.
for your next corporate event, Bushiri Karting Speedway has 6 TV
team building activities or a birth- screens and 1 Big Projector so you
day celebration, Bushiri Karting can enjoy all your favorite sports
Speedway offers high-speed ac- events.
tion, customizable catering and
unforgettable experiences for all So if you’re ever up for some fun
ages. adrenaline, stop by the Bushiri
Karting! Opening hours are from
Whether you are racing your col- Tue-Sat 10am -10pm and Sun-
leagues or celebrating a special day 1pm-9pm. We are situated
occasion, we bring adrenaline at Bushiri 25. You can email us at:
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We have our Refreshment and at (+297) 583-5278.q

Ever heard of the cah’i orgel? A key instrument in Aruban folklore music

(Oranjestad)— The cah’i or- staple in our folklore music, own cah’i orgel “Josefina”, he learned to build and re- sion instrument made out
gel music box is an impor- and its significance in the and successfully debuted pair the instrument. In fact, of steel and reminiscent
tant and unique instrument traditions of Aruba has and it on the streets of Barqui- he was incredibly skilled in to the Spanish guiro. Back
that is used on the ABC is- continues to bring together simeto. Back in Curacao, this, and he was one of the then, you would often also
lands in the Dutch Carib- the old and young. he started his own cah’i few to have recognized find someone playing the
bean. This instrument is a orgel business along with from the start that the cah’i triangle alongside the cah’i
The origin of the cah’i or- his brother Luis. In Aruba, it orgel is an instrument that orgel and wiri. In Aruba, the
gel is said to have come is said that the cah’i orgel needs preserving. cah’i orgel and wiri is used
from Europe around 150 was introduced by Rufo for traditional music genres,
years ago. A cross breed Wever, who later in his ca- As mentioned, the cah’i such as the Aruban waltz,
between the barrel piano reer became one of the orgel is a music box. made tumba, mazurka and more.
and the organ, the most composers for the Aruban from mahogany wood, it
popular stories said that the national anthem. contains a cylinder with a Fun fact: another name for
instrument came from ei- maximum of eight music the cah’i orgel is the “tin-
ther England or Germany, Rufo Wever was a young pieces. By rotating the lever gilingi box.”q
but made its way to Italy musician in 1937 when he on the front side of the box,
down to Venezuela, where established his own cah’i the cah’i orgel produces Source: “E Cilinder Magico
in 1881, Mr. Horatio Sprock orgel business on the island. music similar to that of a pi- entre Aruba y Curaçao” by
Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé, Herta
(1866-1949) from Curacao Before that he experiment- ano, and is accompanied Parabirsing-Balentina and Ni-
was first introduced to it. ed with his uncle’s cah’i or- often by someone else dia Rosaria-Wallé.
After that, Sprock made his gel, and he over the years playing the “wiri”, a percus-