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tinya

Lombards Museum • Illustration — Chancay 1000-1450 AD The tinya (Quechua) or kirki (Quechua) is a percussion instrument, a small handmade drum of leather which is used in the traditional music of the Andean region, particularly Peru. The drum dates to the pre-Columbian era, and is used in traditional Peruvian dances, notably in Los Danzantes de Levanto where it is played by one person simultaneously with the antara, a type of panflute; that instrument combination is similar to the worldwide tradition of the pipe and tabor. • Illustration — Musician plays Pinkullo flute with one hand and drums a tinya with the other at a Huari Danza in Peru.

Also recorded as kirki

tinya

Danza ritual de la ciudad de Huari en Áncash.

Ondando · CC BY-SA 3.0

Field
Membranophone
Region
Peru

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