1. Music of the Andes Region: A Thriving Tradition
... traditions. Historians and archaeologists have discovered ancient tombs which have yielded flutes, trumpets, drums, and many more musical artifacts. Many ceramic jars found in ancient tombs depict musical instruments being used in various contexts (shamanism, propitiation to the gods, hunting, dancing) that are difficult to interpret. Music was evidently a central and imperative aspect in the human ... because of tourism. This unique style includes indigenous Andean instruments, such as quena flutes [Figure 1], siku panpipes [Figure 2] and small charango guitars [Figure 3]. The Andean p...
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