This wind instrument belongs to the
pan-pipe family, and is made up of a series of cane tubes of
varying sizes bound together, forming one or two rows. The size
of the tube determines the musical note.
The zampoņa comes in a wide range of
variations, depending on the region, where the length, location
and quantity of cane tubes vary.
It is frequently played in nearly all
the festivities in southern Peru, particularly in the department
of Puno.
One variation of the flute is the
antara, which is made of finer carrizo reeds.
Where and When???
Andean music makes
every fiesta come alive! Learn to play a variety of instruments
such as the Andean flute, pan flute...
Location: Puno -
Titikaka - Perú Date: January and February For 15 days,
the highland town of Puno, nestled on the shores of Lake
Titicaca at an altitude of 3,870 meters above sea level, is
becomes the Folk Capital of the Americas.
The festival gathers
more than 200 groups of musicians and dancers to celebrate the
Mamita Candelaria. For the first nine days, the mayordomos (those
in charge of organizing the festivities), decorate the church
and pay for Mass, banquets and fireworks displays.
On the main day,
February 2, the virgin is led through the city in a colorful
procession comprising priests, altar boys, the faithful,
Christians and pagans carefully maintaining the hierarchy. This
is the moment when the troupes of musicians "Sicuris" and
dancers take the scene, performing and dancing throughout the
city. The festival is linked to the pre-Hispanic agricultural
cycles of sowing and harvesting, as well as mining activities in
the region. It is the result of a blend of respectful Aymara
gaiety and ancestral Quechua seriousness.
The dance of the demons,
or diablada, the main dance of the festival, was allegedly
dreamed up by a group of miners trapped down a mine who, in
their desperation, resigned their souls to the Virgen de la
Candelaria. The dancers, blowing zampoņa pan-pipes and clad in
spectacular costumes and outlandish masks, make their offerings
to the earth goddess Pachamama. The most impressive masks, for
their terrifying aspect, are those of the deer fitted with long
twisted horns similar to the Devil, and Jacancho, the god of
minerals.
During the farewell, or
cacharpari, the dancers who fill the streets finally head to the
cemetery to render homage to the dead.
Festividad Virgen de la Candelaria
Sicu moreno
Sicuri from Taquile
Dancing the Sicuri from Taquile
Playing the Sicuri from Taquile
Play Sicuri Music.
Sicuri de Conima
Sicuri de Ilave
A teacher from music sicu
Devil from the Festivity
Devil man
Mask from devil
Beautiful dancing from sicuri
What
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Course
Practice: 1 week of instruction. With methods are simple and practical, with one on
one instruction or a small group.
Musical Instruments: For practice and play the sicuri
music.
Tours:
With us, you have discount until 10% in your visits to Uros,
Amantani and Taquile Island, Aymara or Quechua circuit,
Sillustani tumbs, and you will have a interesting and funy city
tour Free
Base Price: S/150.00 soles or USD 56.00
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