Chanting by women and men (cantadoras and chureadores) blends with acoustic instruments, handcrafted using local materials: palm-wood Marimbas, wooden and leather bass and hand drums, and bamboo and seed rattles.

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Buildings along the beach are, legally, supposed to be made only of coconut wood and palm thatch, but concrete buildings have been built and more are going up.

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For example, the density of wood in a palm tree trunk varies, depending on the load it must support.

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Mr Twombly, who is being given his first retrospective in 15 years, uses materials that have come to him at random bits of wood, cardboard, bronze boxes, palm leaves and plastic flowers.

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While Dinner in the Sky keeps trying new gimmicks like wrapping a table in rough wood to resemble a beach bar, with palm tree roots dangling the company has no plans to expand in other directions, like undersea dining.

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