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NATIVE PERUVIAN MUSIC Native Peru vian music is dominated by the national Instrument , the Charango . The charango is a type of Mandolin and was invented in Bolivia by musicians imitating Spanish Lute s and Guitar s. In the Canas and Titicaca regions, the charango is used in courtship rituals, symbolically invoking Mermaid s with the instrument to lure the woman to the male performers. Until the 1960s , the charango was denigrated as an instrument of the rural poor. After the revolution in 1959 , which built upon the Indigenismo movement ( 1910 - 1940 ), the charango was popularized among other performers. Raul Romero 's recordings of Saxophone and Clarinet ensembles from the Mantaro Valley have proven extremely influential. Chicha ''Chicha'' is a popular fusion of huayno, Rock And Roll and Cumbia . It arose in places like Lima and Arequipa , soon spreading throughout Peru. The first chicha hit song was "La Chichera" by Los Demonios De Mantaro . Other famous performers include Belem , Pastorita Huaracina and Los Chapis . Huayno Perhaps the purest expression of Pre-Columbian music is '' Huayno '', which is popular throughout Peru, its modern center of innovation, as well as the other Andean countries of Bolivia , Chile and Ecuador . Modern singers like Picaflor De Los Andes and El Jilguero De Huascaran have become superstars in Latin America . The music spread from the interior to the coast in the 1950s , supplanting the Musica Criolla , a mishmash of Tango and other Western music and dance forms. Choro and Conjunto bands are also popular, and have gained popularity in tourist strongholds like Lima and Ollantaytambo , where a fusion with Western music has resulted in new forms like Andean New Age . SEE ALSO |
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