| English: "Aruba Sweet Land" or "Aruba Lovely Country" | |
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Statue of Padú Lampe and Rufo Wever, composers of the national anthem of Aruba.
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National anthem of Aruba | |
| Lyrics | Juan Chabaya Lampe |
| Music | Rufo Wever |
| Adopted | 18 March 1976 |
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U.S. Navy Band instrumental version
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"Aruba Dushi Tera" ("Aruba Sweet Land", or "Aruba Lovely Country") is the national anthemofAruba. It is a waltz written by Juan Chabaya Lampe and composed by Rufo Wever. The last verse was written by Hubert (Lio) Booi [nl]. It was accepted as the Aruban national anthem on 18 March 1976.[1] It is written in Papiamento.
On 16 January 1976, the Executive Council of Aruba appointed an advisory committee with the assignment to come up with an anthem that took into account "Aruba dushi tera". The song was already very popular among the population and dated from the early 1950s. The committee included Rufo Wever (chairman), Eddy Bennett, Maybeline Arends-Croes and Hubert (Lio) Booi.[2] The committee advised not to alter the melody of the "old" "Aruba dushi tera" into a march but to increase the number of verses.[3] The third verse was written by Hubert Booi [nl].
| Papiamento[4] | IPA transcription[a] | English translation | Spanish translation | Portuguese translation | Dutch translation |
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Aruba patria aprecia |
[a.ru.ba pa.trja a.pre.sja] |
Aruba appreciated native land |
Aruba patria apreciada |
Aruba, pátria apreciada, |
Aruba gewaardeerd inheems land |
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