ENG: I am very grateful that my wife Jesika Paredes, a Bolivian music anthropologist, educator, and activist, has dedicated part of her exhibition about Andean music and flutes to the Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes. She designed the showcase in the Center for World Music at the Univeristy of Hildesheim in such a beautiful […]
Month: June 2024
A Trip to the Zongo Valley
ENG: Before returning to Germany for the next six months, I visited my friend Don Alejandro, a chhalla bamboo collector (chhallero) in Chirimoyani in the famous Zongo valley. This valley close to the city of La Paz is known for its unique chhalla panpipe bamboo. Aymara musicians say about this panpipe bamboo that it has […]
Returning to Chuspipata after Six Years
ENG: After six years I returned to Chuspipata, which is located at the higher parts of the Yungas of La Paz at 3000 meter above sea level. Chuspipata is one of the recognized sourcing regions of tuquru bamboos (Aulonemia hirtula) in the Central Yungas of the Department of La Paz. My flute maker friends used to tell […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 