Posted by Jacinto Barrientos/Cheryl Milard on Wednesday, October 22, 2008,
Hello Everyone,
We
will be coming upon the holiday gift giving season and I will be adding
a page of Hand Crafted South American Fair Trade gifts which means the
craftsmen and women were paid fairly for the items they create so they
will be better able to support their families,having grown up in Peru
this is extremely important to me.
I
will have available a variety of traditional Andean Instruments like
the Sikú or (Zampoña) as you have heard them called,a beautiful
Charango these Andean ...
For over a decade now Seattle has been my home after coming to the United states to perform with a Peruvian Cultural Group, I now can be found in "The Pike Place Market" performing at many of the locations set aside for the outdoor performers. I try to return to Peru once a year to help with the crop harvest and enjoy the local festivities surrounding that time of the year as well as to catch up with my family. I also enjoy Music, Linguistics, Anthropology and promoting the importance of "Cultural Identity" as many of our Worlds Indigenous Cultures and their native languages are on the verge of extinction.