ENG: We are making progress with the inclusion of musical bamboos and their sustainable use in the management plan for Cotapata National Park and Integrated Natural Management Area (PN y ANMI Cotapata). This is a significant step toward acknowledging the ancestral use of these bamboo species in a region where natural resources were historically accessed […]
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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 