Welcome
to Andes Manta arts and crafts where you will find a variety
of different products. These include Andean Music on CDs,
hand made Andean musical instruments developed
in the vast region of the Andes thousands of years
ago. Before the 16th century Spanish invasion, people
made and played only
two families of instruments, winds and percussion.
But once the conquistadors and missionaries arrived
with their European
musical style, the native South Americans adapted and
built stringed instruments and incorporated them into
their music.
