Latin American folk music for people aged 4 and up
Marko Simsa and the group “Pacha Manka”
Latin America, encompassing South and Central America, is the part of the "New World." Chile, the home of the musicians in our concert, is located there. Chile is a narrow, very long country stretching from the southern tip of South America to Peru, bordered along its entire eastern side by the Pacific Ocean. To the west, this narrow country is bordered by the Andes Mountains, which reach almost 7,000 meters.
It's easy to imagine that in this land of extreme altitudes, lifestyles and, consequently, musical traditions differ from our own.
Marko Simsa tells us about life in and stories from South America. We learn that people there wear ponchos and we are introduced to musical instruments that some may have never seen before. For example, the rhythm is beaten on the bombo (a large drum made from a hollowed-out tree trunk) covered with goatskin. The rattle made from goat toenails is also fascinating, and the charango is a plucked instrument with ten strings (five double strings) and a curved resonator, which was once made from an armadillo shell and is now made of wood.
We'll hear the story of the fox and the clever mouse, make a poncho with colorful patterns, and of course, there will be dancing together at our concert, because who can sit still for long with these Latin American rhythms…?!
Pacha Manka – four musicians from Chile and Peru led by founder and leader Luis Parra;
Marko Simsa – narrator
