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Peruvian Music: Huancayo, Tierra de mis suenos  by Ocobamba

      See also:

      Me Tienes Loca by Ocobamba

 

    

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Ocobamba Peruvian music group from the Andes. Very popular among Peruvians who really like their own culture. college and university students love this kind of music. Many of their songs are sung in Quechua.

Quechua (Runa Simi) is a Native American language of South America. It was already widely spoken across the Central Andes long before the time of the Incas, who adopted it as the official language of administration for their Empire.

El Condor Pasa is a typical Inca dance, based on authentic Incan folk melodies. Around 1916, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomia Robles notated this popular traditional melody and used it as the basis for an instrumental suite. The English Lyrics, 'If I could, I surely would' words, are by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel).
 

 

 


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Last updated: February 15, 2008