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marimba
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marimba

Idiophone of Bantu origin consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets with resonator pipes below each bar; related to the West African balafon, and spread through the African diaspora to Central America and the Pacific coast of Colombia and Ecuador

Entitytype of musical instrumentQ220971
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