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  2. Music of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, while the African influences can be heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and European influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments.

  3. List of South American folk music traditions - Wikipedia

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    Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are distinct traditions based along racial, geographic, linguistic, religious, tribal or ethnic lines, and all such peoples will likely use different criteria to decide what ...

  4. Andean music - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Music of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian folk music (3 C, 5 P) I. ... Pages in category "Music of Peru" ... MTV Europe Music Award for Best Latin America Central Act;

  6. Huayno - Wikipedia

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    The history of Huayno dates back to colonial Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music. High-pitched vocals are accompanied by a variety of instruments, including quena (flute), harp , siku (panpipe), accordion , saxophone , charango , lute , violin , guitar , and mandolin .

  7. List of festivals in South America - Wikipedia

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    Great Military Parade of Peru; Guaripola; Independence Day of Trujillo; International Ballet Festival of Trujillo (dance) International Festival of Lyric Singing (music) Inti Raymi; Lima Film Festival (film) Lord of Huaman Festival; Lord of Miracles; Miss La Libertad; Pachamama Raymi; Quyllur Rit'i; San José Festival; T'anta Raymi; Toro de ...

  8. Music of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Bolivian music is perhaps the most strongly linked to its native population among the national styles of South America. After the nationalistic period of the 1950s Aymara and Quechuan culture became more widely accepted, and their folk music evolved into a more pop-like sound.

  9. Música criolla - Wikipedia

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    Música criolla, Peruvian Creole music or canción criolla is a varied genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European, African and Andean music. The genre's name reflects the coastal culture of Peru, and the local evolution of the term criollo, a word originally denoting high-status people of full Spanish ancestry, into a more socially inclusive element of the nation.