quenas only are played during the

dry season

vertical flutes, either pinkillos or tarkas, being played during the wet season.

Tarkas are constructed from local Andean hard wood sources

Marching bands dominated by drums and panpipes are commonplace today and are used to celebrate weddings, carnivals and other holidays.

The twentieth century saw drastic changes in Andean society and culture. Bolivia, for example, saw a nationalistic revolution in 1952,

Los Curacas took the fusion work of Los Jairas and the Parras to invent nueva canción, which returned to Bolivia in the 1980s in the form of canto nuevo artists such as Emma Junaro and Matilde Casazola.

The 1970s was a decade in which Andean music saw its biggest growth.

Different groups sprang out of the different villages throughout the Andes Region. Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia and Argentina.

hey would later take Andean music to the rest of the world.

Peruvian oldest musical traditions are those of the Amerindians of the Andes. Their music is best known outside the country through the characteristic panpipes of poncho-clad folklore groups. However, there's a multitude of rhythms and popular music found here deserve a lot more recognition, including and, still relatively unknown abroad, as well as the distinct coastal tradition of, rooted in black slaves brought to work in the mines.