Juan Chabaya Lampe - Oranjestad, Aruba - Living Statues on Waymarking.com

Juan Chabaya Lampe is an Aruban musician and songwriter born on April 20, 1920. He wrote the music of "Aruba Dushi Tera", a waltz that is now the national anthem of Aruba. He has long been a rallying cry for the separation of Aruba from the Netherlands Antilles which was achieved in 1986.

The sculptural group by local artist Ciro Abath pays tribute to Juan Chabaya Lampe, Rufo Wever and Hubert Boi.

The sculpture shows Lampe playing the piano, sitting on the piano bench to the left of the musician Rufo Wever who composed the lyrics of the anthem. Hubert (Lio) Boi stands behind the piano in front of Lamp and Wever. He wrote the last stanza of the national anthem.

Juan Chabaya Lampe was present at the unveiling of the sculpture.

The chorus of the anthem is written on the back of the piano. It reads (in papiamento):

O, Aruba, dushi tera,
nos baranca tan stima,
Nos amor pa bo t’asina grandi,
cu n’tin nada pa kibr'e,
cu'n tin nada pa kibr'e.

English translation

Oh Aruba dear country,
our rock so beloved,
our love for you is so strong,
that nothing can destroy it,
that nothing can destroy it.

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