Huayno

Huayno (Waynu in Quechua)[1] is a genre of popular Andean music and dance.

The history of Huayno dates back to colonial Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music.

High-pitched vocals are accompanied by a variety of instruments, including quena (flute), harp, siku (panpipe), accordion, saxophone, charango, lute, violin, guitar, and mandolin.

Some elements of huayno originate in the music of the pre-Columbian Andes, especially on the territory of the former Inca Empire.

The dance consists of an agile and vigorous stamping of the feet during which the man follows the woman, opposite to front, touching her with his shoulders after having turned around, and only occasionally he touches his right arm to the left hand of his partner while both swing to the rhythm of the music.