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Huayno (Wayñu in Aymara and Quechua) is a genre of popular Andean Music and dance originally from Serrania Peru. It is especially common in Peru but also present in Chile Bolivia Argentina and Ecuador and is practiced by a variety of ethnic groups including the Quechua and Aymara people. The history of huayno dates back to the colonial Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music.

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