ENG: Yesterday, I pubslished some photos about chhalla bamboo sourcing regions. Today I show you some photos and impressions of tuquru sourcing regions. ESP: Ayer publiqué algunas fotos sobre las regiones de recolección de las chhallas. Hoy les muestro algunas fotos e impresiones sobre las regiones de recolección de tuquru. Carijana Chuspipata Kara Huasi Umamarka
Tag: Tuquru
Sourcing Kjirki Tuquru in the Cantón Arcopongo
ENG: In the past, Bolivian highland flute makers personally sourced their musical bamboos by embarking on trips with pack animal caravans, traveling along pre-Hispanic trails in the La Paz Department (such as Sillutinkara, Choro, and Takesi). These journeys allowed them to maintain spiritual connections with mountain guardians and inherently limited the quantity of bamboo they […]
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 […]
Donation of Musical Bamboos to National Herbarium of La Paz
ENG: The National Herbarium of La Paz has recently created a new collection of plant species with cultural and social use. I am happy to contribute to this new collection with a donation of a set of musical bamboo tubes, which I collected during my fieldwork among highland flute makers and lowland bamboo collectors. I […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 