Inkas

Authentic peruvian CD with andean music played by "Inkas", a musical group founded to maintain and promote the rich cultural heritage of the countries around the Andes mountains. They play a great variety of traditional Andean musical instruments such as rondadores, zampoñas, flautas, quenas, charangos, chacchas, the native bass drum, combined with other acoustic instruments. Enjoy a rare and delightful CD in lossless.

The Inkas (Quechua spelling) worshipped the Sun, and their emperor was thought to be the son of the Sun. They conquered most of the Andes and their former empire is replete with examples of their astronomy. They used solar positions on the horizon for calendrical purposes and managed their crops and religious festivals in this manner. Many examples remain of their intentional light and shadow effects that demonstrate their sophisticated understanding of the Sun’s movement and of solar horizon events.