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Vicuñas on high slopes of Peruvian Andes
Word of the week: Also spelled vicuña (Lama vicugna) this, is one of the two species of wild South American camelids living in high alpine areas of the Andes, a relative of the llama and the wild ancestor of the alpaca
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Yaravi is a Pervuvian and high Andean song tradition
Word of the week: A broad term for a traditional, slow love song from Peru and other Andean and south American regions, often nostalgic and melancholy, stretching back to Inca culture, and sometimes also honouring the dead
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Pututu made from a conch shell
Word of the week: This Andean trumpet and also the Quechuan word for snail is traditionally made from conch shell of the adult Strombus galeatus, as well as animal horn, and emits a beautifully eerie sound with several natural harmonics with group tritonic music
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