Musicians often rely on intergenerational knowledge to acquire musical abilities. These are then supplemented with skill sets to construct musical instruments using local knowledge and technology. The guitar here was created using the local cork wood tree and synthetic nylon strings.
The Tambu is the main drum instrument for the Wapichan and Macuxi Peoples' of Guyana. The instrument is found among indigenous peoples in other parts of the Amazon including Brazil.
The iconic themes of Cabacaburi Children summarizes the universal experiences of Guyana's, and the world's, by extension, Indigenous Peoples. From its opening stanza of environmental co-existence to the lamentations of loss of social identity through diabolical tools, the ballad of Cabacaburi Children memorializes the heritages of the Indigenous Peoples and calls on Indigenous Descendants to remain steadfast to their heritage as globalization rapidly advances.