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Peru: Music of the Indigenous Communities of Cuzco

Various Artists
Peru: Music of the Indigenous Communities of Cuzco The city of Cuzco, Peru is home to a number of Indigenous peasant communities. Much of their music continues to be associated with fertility rites and to mark agrarian cycles, but the Spanish introduced guitars, mandolins, and other instruments that the Indigenous peoples adapted and blended into their ancestral music. The songs are sung in Quechua.The liner notes, in English and French, provide information about the geography of the region, the history of its inhabitants, local rituals involving music, and especially the musical instruments heard on the recording. This album is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music.

Track Listing

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Quechua musicians, Cuzco
01:52
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102
Quechua musicians, Cuzco
02:21
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103
Angelino Quispe Sallo
02:22
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104
Fidel Wisa Hach'u, Carlos Wisa
05:01
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105
Fidel Wisa Hach'u, Carlos Wisa
01:37
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106
Fidel Wisa Hach'u, Carlos Wisa
04:02
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107
Fidel Wisa Hach'u, Carlos Wisa
03:39
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108
Fidel Wisa Hach'u, Carlos Wisa
03:07
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109
Fidel Wisa Hach'u, Carlos Wisa
04:23
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110
Performers on pinkulu and caja
05:38
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111
Sonia Mamani, Victor Mamani Pucho
03:08
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112
Quechua male singer with charango, Cuzco
02:55
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113
Severino Pineda Aragón
03:12
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114
Galoperas of Canas Group
03:26
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115
Severino Pineda Aragón, Victor Mamani Pucho, Victor Callo Roque
02:46
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116
Severino Pineda Aragón
02:25
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117
Felipa Portugal Huella, Victor Mamani Pucho, Victor Callo Roque
04:24
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118
Felipa Portugal Huella, Victor Callo Roque
02:42
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119
Felipa Portugal Huella, Victor Mamani Pucho
03:26
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120
Severino Pineda Aragón
02:23
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121
Severino Pineda Aragón, Felipa Portugal Huella
02:00
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122
Severino Pineda Aragón and son
01:53
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123
Severino Pineda Aragón
02:34