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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).
