ENG: After six years I returned to the National Herbarium of La Paz (LPB) in order to meet some old and new friends, and supporters of my project. In the meanwhile, the National Herbarium of La Paz inaugurated new facilities with more space for collections, meeting rooms, and project working spaces. It was so lovely […]
Month: February 2024
New Botanical Description of Andean Woody Bamboo
ENG: Last year a new paper about an Andean woody bamboo was published by Bolivian and Brazilian botanists Iván Jiménez-Pérez and Ronaldo Vinícius-Silva. This is the botanical description of Merostachys nigricans, one of the Andean woody species of the Merostachys genus that is used in panpipe making, known under the Aymara name of kjirki chhalla (the other […]
Kick-Off Meeting for Musical Bamboo Catalogue
ENG: Yesterday we had our kick-off meeting for the Musical Bamboos sub-catalogue as part of a collaboration with the National Museum of Folklore and Ethnography (MUSEF). I was invited to be co-author of the sub-catalogue alongside music anthropologist, museologist, and podcaster Richard Mújica and Andean flute maker and musiñu specialist and musician Ignacio Quispe. We […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 