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Jessie Vallejo, a Ph.D. student who did fieldwork in Ecuador for her dissertation, found inspiration in the flute traditions of the people of Kotoma, a small village in Otavalo, Ecuador. The rich culture behind the music inspired her to produce a CD with the indigenous people, “¡Así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador.”

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Graduate student strives to save Kichwa flute tradition - Daily Bruin

Graduate student strives to save Kichwa flute tradition

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In some ways, the whistling, chanting and atonal flute melodies that pervade the Ecuadorian village of Kotama sound like tangled webs of rhythm that are difficult to understand.

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Graduate student strives to save Kichwa flute tradition

By Shreya Aiyar

July 29, 2013 12:23 a.m.