Cateura is a small slum in Paraguay South America Desperately poor its villagers survive by recycling items from its rubbish dump But from these unpromising conditions something beautiful has emerged mdash an orchestra With a violin costing more than a house in Cateura the orchestra had to get creative crafting its own instruments from their garbage supply Violins are made from oil cans with bent forks as tailpieces Saxophones have come from drainpipes with bottle tops for keys Cellos are made from tin drums with gnocchi rollers for tuning pegs Hearing Mozart played on these contraptions is a beautiful thing
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