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- Collection: Documenting Living Culture - Roots Music: Andean Folkloric Music
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Pepe and His Collection
Pepe shows us his collection of instruments in his home. Many of his instruments hold special stories.
Pepe Plays
Pepe is always ready to show someone how his instruments sound and to teach about the origins of an instrument. His passion for Andean Music is always present.
Pepe Santana
Pepe Santana smiles as the audience enjoys his music.
Pepe Santana Oral History Excerpt - Andean Identity
In this clip Pepe talks about the "Andean identity" and how important it is for Andeans to take pride in their culture. Pepe fears that if Andeans don't take advantage of all they have to offer to share it with the world, that the culture will be…
Pepe Welcomes the Audience
Pepe welcomes the audience to his performance. During this performance they will learn so much about the beautiful Andean Music Pepe has played most of his life.
Pepe's Collection
Pepe Santana was gracious enough to not only allow us into his home in Stanhope, New Jersey but to let the Raices team look at and touch his instrument collection. Pepe has acquired his collection during the span of his career. He took the time to…
Pepe's Instruments
Pepe's instruments
Quena
Pepe Santana plays the Quena flute. It is made of bamboo. It is often associated with "fertility rituals of resurrection and life." The Quena has been recognized as one of the most important wind instruments of Andean Music. It has even been depicted…
Showing the Audience
Pepe holds up instruments to show his audience. This is a trademark of Pepe's performances. He believes in respecting his audience's intelligence by explaining to them the origins of his instruments and how they are used in Andean Music.
Song of the Andes
Pepe Santana plays and sings an Andean song for his audience in an indigenous language.
String Collection
These are the guitars and other lute family instruments that make up Pepe's strings collection.
String Collection Close Up
A close up of a small selection from Pepe Santana's stringed instrument collection.
String Collection on the Wall
A portion of Pepe Santana's collection of stringed instruments from around the world hand in a wall display.
Strings Close Up 2
Strings close up 2
The Collection
The collection
The Flutes
The flutes
The Glass Case
Pepe's private collection in his Stanhope, NJ home.
Tour of Instruments
Pepe takes the time to show us the instruments in his collection. He shared with us the origins of many of his instruments, and even told us stories of how he acquired some of them.
Tuning for the Performance
Here Pepe is tuning his instruments for his performance at Whispering Knoll Assisted Living facility in Edison, New Jersey.