ENG: In March, I reviewed some bamboo flutes from the collection at the Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore (MUSEF) in La Paz. I examined several qantu phukuna and jach’a sikuri panpipes that were crafted in December 2007 by a luriri from Walata Grande, who used the renowned chhalla from the Zongo Valley. Some of […]
Category: Collections
Showcase about Musical Bamboos
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 […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 