Marimba de Chiapas

Whilst wandering around a local market in Cancun, Mexico we met Enrique and Porfirio - marimba players. They played a song from Chiapas, where the origins of this wonderful instrument came about. Versions of this instrument from Africa i.e.. balafon came to Central America and a musician from Chiapas, expanded the original marimba sound to include the chromatic scale by adding another row of sound bars, like the black keys on the piano.