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Peruvian cumbia is a subgenre of chicha (Andean tropical music) that became popular in the coastal cities of Peru, mainly in Lima in the 1960s through the fusion of local versions of the original Colombian genre, traditional highland huayno, and rock music, particularly surf rock and psychedelic rock. The term chicha is more frequently used for ...
Chicha is a fermented (alcoholic) or non-fermented beverage of Latin America, emerging from the Andes and Amazonia regions. [1] In both the pre- and post- Spanish conquest periods, corn beer (chicha de jora) made from a variety of maize landraces has been the most common form of chicha. [1]
Argentine folk music comes in many forms and has Indigenous, European, and African influences. Los Chalchaleros quartet, 1958. In the late 50s, Argentina experienced a "folklore boom." [ 4 ] Among the most influential groups of the time were Los Chalchaleros, from Salta; Los Fronterizos, also from Salta; and Los Hermanos Ábalos from Santiago ...
Cumbia. Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, Europeans and Africans during colonial times. [1] Cumbia is said to have come from funeral traditions in the Afro-Colombian community. Cumbia traditionally uses ...
Street band from Peru performing El Cóndor Pasa in Tokyo. Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America.. Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia), and other peoples who lived roughly in the area of the Inca Empire prior to European contact.
In 1948 the state forbade the production of chicha, a corn-based alcoholic drink. [15] This was a blow to the culture and economy of the Muisca. The ban remained until 1991. Since then, the "Festival of the chicha, maize, life, and joy" is celebrated every year in Barrio La Perseverancia, a neighborhood in Bogotá where most of the chicha is ...
The song became an immediate success and multiple versions and adaptations began to rise internationally. In 2007, Oliver Conan and Barbes Records, an American music company, presented The Roots of Chicha , a compilation of signature pieces of music derived from the origins of Peruvian tropical music, three of which were by Los Hijos de Sol ...
Lorenzo Palacios Quispe (April 26, 1950 in Lima, Peru – June 24, 1994) was a Peruvian singer and musician. He arose under the artist name Chacalón (Big Jackal). He is often referred to as El Faraón de la Chicha ("The Pharaoh of Chicha music- ('Peruvian Cumbia ')).