INDIGENOUS INSTRUMENTS of MESOAMERICA/MEXICO
The words
pre-Hispanic,
pre-Columbian
pre-Cortesian
are often used in describing these instruments,
the people or their culture(s)
instead of
INDIGENOUS INSTRUMENTS OF MEXICO/MESOAMERICA
MUSIC and INSTRUMENTS
OF THE INDIGENOUS OF NORTH AMERICA
are generally called by their nation or their region
Apache drum
Seneca Flute etc.,
they do not call their instruments
PRE- BRITISH
PRE-DUTCH
PRE - FRENCH
the indigenous instruments
of the people of the Amazon or Peru
do not call their instrument pre anything
but by the culture they are from
Carib
Inca
Korubo
Matis
Matses
Tapula,
Tupi
it is time to acknowledge rightful ownership of these instruments
e.g.,
PRE - INVASION
history shows us that most every country was invaded at one time or another by someone
but the people that did so are known as INVADERS
they are not known as CONQUERORS
this term is still willingly used by the world and Mexico itself
for the Europeans who invaded Mexico
but no other country in the world continues to call the people who invaded them conquerors
nor does Spain call the Moors conquerors
The words
pre-Hispanic,
pre-Columbian
pre-Cortesian
are often used in describing these instruments,
the people or their culture(s)
instead of
INDIGENOUS INSTRUMENTS OF MEXICO/MESOAMERICA
MUSIC and INSTRUMENTS
OF THE INDIGENOUS OF NORTH AMERICA
are generally called by their nation or their region
Apache drum
Seneca Flute etc.,
they do not call their instruments
PRE- BRITISH
PRE-DUTCH
PRE - FRENCH
the indigenous instruments
of the people of the Amazon or Peru
do not call their instrument pre anything
but by the culture they are from
Carib
Inca
Korubo
Matis
Matses
Tapula,
Tupi
it is time to acknowledge rightful ownership of these instruments
e.g.,
PRE - INVASION
history shows us that most every country was invaded at one time or another by someone
but the people that did so are known as INVADERS
they are not known as CONQUERORS
this term is still willingly used by the world and Mexico itself
for the Europeans who invaded Mexico
but no other country in the world continues to call the people who invaded them conquerors
nor does Spain call the Moors conquerors