Andean Music

Andean music , which emphasises the use of wind and percussion instruments, is believed to have been originated around 10,000 b.c. by peoples living in the Lake Titicaca area, straddling the border of Bolivia and Peru . When, in around 1200 B.C., the Inca Empire absorbed the Quechua and Aymara civilisations—descendants of the Lake Titicaca natives—the conquered peoples were allowed to retain their own religions, languages, and music. Although the Spanish conquest in the...