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charango

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cha·ran·go  (ch-rängg)
n. pl. cha·ran·gos
A ten-stringed mandolin of Andean regions with a sound box traditionally fashioned from the shell of an armadillo or tortoise, now also made of wood.

[American Spanish, from charanga, charanga; see charanga.]


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For all of the excitement on the journey, it's the charango music, songs of love and sacrifice, the grinding of corn and quinoa in a communal grain mill, the trading of salt bricks for squash and corn, the sharing of grain and berry soup, the gathering of medicinal plants, and the companionship of Kunturi's father that keep him grounded to his life, family, and future love -- and to the age-old bounty of Pachamama, as well.
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