
A description of the many peoples of the Andes region —true and sole architects of the music— should include, besides their traditions (see), their language and their culture as well. This does not mean to consider only indigenous languages and the Spanish varieties spoken in each country, but also to think about other cultural features such as gastronomy, clothing, manners and ways of living, family structure, social roles, life cycles and stages, traditional trades or housing. Taking stanzas and verses of illustrative songs as a starting point, the articles included in this section will attempt to make fragments of this reality known.
The people – Table of contents
Issue 20 (Jul.-Aug. 2014) – Pífanos & chirimías
Culture: The Misak or Guambiano • Language: The Yanacona language
Issue 19 (May.-Jun. 2014) – Andean fusions | Music of Tarija
Culture: Chapaca traditions • Language: Spanish of Tarija
Issue 18 (Mar.-Apr. 2014) – Andean music outside the Andes | Chaya in La Rioja
Culture: Culture of Argentine Northwest • Language: Northwest Argentine Spanish
Issue 17 (Jan.-Feb. 2014) – Harps and violins in the Andes
Culture: The Saraguro • Language: Pre-Incan languages of Ecuador
Issue 16 (Sep.-Oct. 2013) – The guitar, the guitarrón and the tiple
Culture: Popular singers from the southern Andes • Language: Luthiers and violeros
Issue 15 (Jul.-Aug. 2013) – The charango: its music and its performers
Culture: Traditions entangled with strings • Language: Of charangas and charrangos
Issue 14 (Mar.-Apr. 2013) – The quena: its music and its performers
Culture: Quena players • Language: The origin of a term
Issue 13 (Jan.-Feb. 2013) – Introduction to the sikuris music
Culture: Flute players communities • Language: Sikuri vocabulary
Issue 12 (Nov.-Dec. 2012) – Afro-Bolivian music
Culture: Afro-Bolivian people • Language: Afro-Bolivian Spanish
Issue 11 (Jul.-Aug. 2012) – The Andean Carnival
Culture: Carnival traditions • Language: Carnival vocabulary
Issue 10 (May.-Jun. 2012) – Music of the Mapuche communities of Chile and Argentina
Culture: Argentinean Mapuches • Language: Huilliche
Issue 09 (Mar.-Apr. 2012) – Music of the Aymara communities of Bolivia
Culture: The Bolivian Aymara • Language: The Aymara
Issue 08 (Nov.-Dec. 2011) – Music of the Quechua communities of Bolivia
Culture: The Yampara or Tarabuco people • Language: The Bolivian Quechua
Issue 07 (Sep.-Oct. 2011) – Andean music of Chile
Culture: The Mapuche • Language: The Mapudungu
Issue 06 (Jul.-Aug. 2011) – Andean music of Colombia
Culture: The Nasa or Páez people • Language: Languages of the Colombian Andes
Issue 05 (May.-Jun. 2011) – Andean music of PeruCulture: The Q'eros • Language: Variants of Peruvian Quechua
Issue 04 (Mar.-Apr. 2011) – Andean music of ArgentinaCulture: The Kolla • Language: Argentinean Quichua
Issue 03 (Jan.-Feb. 2011) – Andean music of EcuadorCulture: The Caranqui or Karanki • Language: Ecuadorian Quichua
Issue 02 (Sep.-Oct. 2010) – Andean music of BoliviaCulture: The Chipaya • Language: Chipaya language
Issue 01 (Jul.-Aug. 2010) – The music of the AndesCulture: Andean culture • Language: Andean languages