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Caliche
Caliche has been one of the leading groups promoting the music and culture of South America in Britain since 1986.
Caliche play instruments such as panpipes, flutes, charangos and mandolins, which evoke the magic of the Altiplano scenery, cradle to the Inca civilisation. The wind instruments of the native South Americans, the strings of the Spaniards and the rhythms of the coastal black communities have combined to produce one of the world's richest folk traditions. Caliche's music expresses the joys and the sufferings of the campesinos of the Andes and the shanty-towns dwellers of the great Latin American cities. Caliche does more than perform their vibrant music. Audiences are invited to familiarise themselves with an impressive collection of Andean instruments, the origins of which are explained during performances.