Mapuche Musical Instruments

I was traveling around Chile last week and will be away for most of the rest of the month, basically visiting 12 different cities in the South of Chile.

On Friday I was in Temuco and after a great lunch at ‘El Criollito’ (the sopaipillas they serve before the meal are divine!) in the Mercado Municipal (City Council Market) and had a stroll around the many arts and crafts stands that were displaying the wares. I came across one that I found interesting where typical Mapuche musical instruments were being sold. I asked the man at the stand (Francisco Diaz) if he would be able to demonstrate the different instruments and give the names of them which he kindly obliged. The result is the following short video:



I will eventually get around to writing down the names of each instrument he mentioned and add them as captions to the video.

If you are interested in any of these instruments, his stand is number 40-B at the end of one of the rows at the Mercado Municipal of Temuco. It's called Artesania 'La Nortina'.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Chilean Music & Mapuche Culture

Just added a couple more pages to do with Chile.

The first one is Chilean Music which contains a bit of history about it and some current popular Chilean bands and singers. This short list has only just started so if you know of any good ones to add, just leave a message here or let us know some other way.

The second page is about the Mapuche, an indigenous culture of Chile. We have some interesting information about their history, their Mapundungu language, their art, and even some of their traditional legends thrown in there.