Viola de buriti explained

Viola de buriti
Background:	string
Classification:	String instrument
Hornbostel Sachs Desc:	Composite chordophone
Related:	Viola de cocho

The viola de buriti is a Brazilian stringed instrument made from the buriti palm tree.^{[1] [2]} It is very lightweight, has four nylon strings^[3] and a tiny sound board^[4] and is fretless. It is found in the region of Jalapão in Tocantins and in northwest Minas Gerais.^{[5] [6] [7]}

The viola de buriti was one of the instruments featured in Brazil's Voa Viola Festival, which featured the diverse uses of the guitar in Brazilian music.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dupla 'Tradição do Jalapão' está na semifinal do Festival Voa Viola . Duo 'Tradição do Jalapão' in semifinals of Voa Viola Festival . José . Bonifácio . GP1 . 2010-09-28 . Portuguese.
2. Web site: Viola de Buriti no VI Salão do Livro . Centro Universitário Luterano de Palmas . 2010-03-22.
3. Web site: Viola de Buriti . The Stringed Instrument Database.
4. Web site: O Tronco da Roseira: Uma antropologia da viola caipira . The Trunk of a Rosebush: An anthropology of the hillbilly violin . 2004 . Oliviera . Allan de Paula . . Portuguese.
5. Web site: O artista da viola de buriti . 2009-07-28 . Encontro de Culturas . Portuguese.
6. Web site: Viola para sempre: Viola de buriti . Música (é Magia) Para Todos . 2010-07-29 . Portuguese.
7. Web site: Viola de Buriti do Jalapão . Sérgio Gramático Jr. . Portuguese . 2011-05-06.
8. Web site: Viola de buriti do Jalapão no Voa Viola . Voa Viola.