Savia Andina is an Andean folk music ensemble from Bolivia, and it was founded in 1975.
The group originated in 1964 as schoolmates Gerardo Arias, Eddy Navia and Oscar Castro formed the rock band "Los Rebeldes" in the city of Potosí.
Following some records by Arias and Navia in Argentina in the early 1970's they invited Castro back and others to officially form Savia Andina in July 1975.
They toured Europe[1] and are sometimes classed in the "new song/nueva cancion" movement of Latin American music.
[4] Eddy Navia, a founder of the group noted as a charango player, left in 1988 to join Sukay.