Article 6XD1P Meet the 80-year-old woman who repairs Mexico City's iconic street instruments

Meet the 80-year-old woman who repairs Mexico City's iconic street instruments

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editors@theworld.org (Tibisay Zea)
from The World: Latest Stories on (#6XD1P)

A familiar melody drifts through the streets of Mexico City - the music of organ grinders, a century-old tradition. But today, that tradition is under threat. The World's Tibisay Zea brings us the story of how these old organ melodies became part of the cityscape, and one woman's efforts to preserve this fading piece of Mexico's urban soundscape.

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