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Charango, a traditional Andean instrument made from a whole armadillo shell. La Paz, Bolivia, 1981
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alleycat feddit.org alleycat@feddit.org
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Catalog entry at the Musée de la musique

Wikipedia article for Charango

Sound sample on YouTube

About 66 cm (26 in) long, the charango was traditionally made with the shell from the back of an armadillo (called quirquincho or mulita in South American Spanish),[3][4] but it can also be made of wood, which some believe to be a better resonator.

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DaMonsterKnees lemmy.world DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
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That's cool and all, but imma need assurances they died through natural causes.

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