Chusquea culeou
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Chusquea culeou, the Chilean bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. An evergreen bamboo native to South America, unlike most species within the genus Chusquea, it is fros
Chusquea culeou colehual
Mapuches using C. culeou as spear during a malón raid
Trutruca
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The trutruca or trutruka is a wind instrument of the trumpet family. It is played mainly by the Mapuche of Chile and Argentina. It produces a loud harsh sound, with few tonal variations.
Chusquea culeou
…in height, and was used by the Aboriginals for the pole of their spears. They are still used by the Mapuche people for a musical instrument known as trutruca. A feature of this Chusquea is that the stems are solid, unlike most bamboos…
Chilean trutruka