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A Trip to the Andes: A Night of Bolivian & Peruvian Music, Featuring Ajayu & Comunidad Anqari!
March 10, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Admission: $15 Advance / $20 Door
Doors open at 7pm / Performances start at 7:30pm
La Peña Cultural Center proudly presents an evening of Andean music and culture! Featuring indigenous music and dance ensemble Comunidad Anqari and the psychedelic Andean fusion band Ajayu.
ABOUT AJAYU: Ajayu is a Bay Area band founded on the traditional native sounds of the Andes region. Using Andean flutes, zampoñas and quenas, and the traditional string instrument, the Charango, the group fuses these Andean elements with a contemporary sound of rock and latin rhythms creating a psychedelically unique mix.
In the Andean world, the Ajayu is understood as the force that contains our feelings and reasoning. At the core of sentient beings, Ajayu is the the cosmic energy that generates and gives movement to life. The consolidation of this energy, which originates from human beings, fundamentally depends on living in harmony with the universe, respecting other beings and all life that surrounds us.
It is from this grounded place that the Bay Area band Ajayu embraces its musical roots, with members from Peru, Bolivia, Chile and beyond:
*La Peña Cultural Center is wheelchair accesible.