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Escopetarra

Escopetarra (escopeta/rifle and guitarra/guitar).

The story of the Gun-Guitar

A soldier holding his weapon reminded Colombian musician Cesar Lopez of himself holding his guitar. Thus was the Escopetarra conceived. The rifle used to make the Escopetarra comes from the 60-year-old armed conflict in Colombia. A "No Violence Campaign" developed in Colombia to convert rifles into electric guitars and hand them over to musicians and museums to spread a message of non-violence.

 

United Nations Headquarters, New York.

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Uploaded on April 21, 2008
Taken on March 21, 2008