Video description:
"VALICHA" from Cuzco-Peru by Wayanay Inka in Providence, Rhode Island, July 26,-2008,
Columbus Theater.
Valicha is a well known huayno from Cuzco. It was composed by Miguel Angel Hurtado
in honor of Valicha Willca, a very beautiful Incan woman who broke the heart of lots of men in her hometown named Acopia,
Cuzco.
Huayno is a genre of popular Andean Music from Peru. It is especially common in Peru and Bolivia. It originated in Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music. High-pitched vocals are accompanied by a variety of instruments, including flute, harp, panpipe, accordion, saxophone, charango, lute, violin, guitar, and mandolin. Some elements of huayño originate in the music of the pre-Columbian Andes. Huayno utilizes a distinctive rhythm in which the first beat is stressed and followed by two short beats.
Source: Wikipedia,
Huayno.
Wayanay Inka is a Peruvian musical
group founded in 1984. Wayanay Inka has established a firm international reputation for being among the finest ambassadors of Andean music.
Source wayanay.com.
