Tarka Flute | Bolivia Peru Andean Woodwind | 33cm

Tarka Flute

Bolivian Tarka Bolivian Boxflute (tharqa) Length 33cm, width 3.5cm, height 3cm

Weight 80g Made from sustainable wood.

Indigenous flute of the Andes used in tribal ceremonies to mimic bird sounds.

Produces a primitive soft and mellow sound with a rasp in the low range.

Originates between Bolivia and Peru, indigenous to the people of Lake Titicaca.

May differ slightly from that pictured due to hand made nature. This is not a toy – not suitable for children

We have many more ethnic woodwind instruments from around the world. Please note this is a hand carved ethnic tribal instrument. It is rustic in appearance and sound. It is not a professional, factory made, precise instrument.

Tarka Flute Background

The tarka is an end-blown duct flute aerophone of the Aymara people of the greater Lake Titicaca region of southern Peru, western Bolivia, and northern Chile. It is played in consorts (ensembles of like-instruments), called tropas in Bolivia and tarkeadas in Peru and Chile, primarily for Carnival but also, in some areas, for family celebrations. Turino  reports that in the District of Conimo, Peru, tarkeadas from various communities gather in the district capital during the opening and closing days of Carnival to compete and play for dancers, and in private homes in their respective communities during the middle days for a ceremonial act of reciprocity with local spiritual forces (mountain divinities, the Earth, and ancestors) called t’inka

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