" El condor pasa " instrumental Andean zampoña

El Cóndor Pasa ("The Condor Goes by") is a Peruvian zarzuela, or musical play, and its more famous title song El Cóndor Pasa. The music was composed in 1913 by Daniel Alomía Robles .In 2004 the piece was declared Patrimonio cultural de la Nación, an official part of Peru's cultural heritage . The condor of the title symbolises the ideal of freedom. The song originally it was wordless. The tune is a cashua, a kind of Andean dance similar to a huayno. It was inspired by traditional Andean songs. The words are in Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire, which is still spoken by the indigenous people of Peru. The singer calls on the mighty condor of the Andes to take him back to the old Inca kingdom of Machu Picchu. Lyrics / Quechua /

"Yaw kuntur llaqtay urqupi tiyaq
maymantan qawamuwachkanki,
kuntur, kuntur
apayllaway llaqtanchikman, wasinchikman
chay chiri urqupi, kutiytan munani,
kuntur, kuntur.

Qusqu llaqtapin plaza-challanpin
suyaykamullaway,
Machu piqchupi Huayna piqchupi
purikunanchiqpaq. "

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Music

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• native
• indian
• music
• antara
• zampoña
• quena
• panflute
• instrumental
• andean
• folk
• ethnic
• Andes