The music of the Andean highlands is distinctive and hauntingly beautiful. It has the longest
music tradition in Latin America, dating back to the Inca Empire. The breathy sound of sikus
(panpipes) playing syncopated, simply-harmonized melodies backed with pulsating drum
beats captures the attention of listeners. Despite the geographical isolation of the various highland
peoples, the music retains similar styles and forms throughout the Andean mountains, in
Ecuador, South Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Approximately 40% of the population
are the indigenous Indians, direct descendants of the Inca, who speak Spanish and their
native Quechua. The mestizos of mixed Spanish and Indian descent comprise another 40%, with
the remaining 20% of Spanish, Portuguese, and African heritage.
The music of the Andean highlands is distinctive and hauntingly beautiful. It has the longestmusic tradition in Latin America, dating back to the Inca Empire. The breathy sound of sikus(panpipes) playing syncopated, simply-harmonized melodies backed with pulsating drumbeats captures the attention of listeners. Despite the geographical isolation of the various highlandpeoples, the music retains similar styles and forms throughout the Andean mountains, inEcuador, South Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Approximately 40% of the populationare the indigenous Indians, direct descendants of the Inca, who speak Spanish and theirnative Quechua. The mestizos of mixed Spanish and Indian descent comprise another 40%, withthe remaining 20% of Spanish, Portuguese, and African heritage.
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