Lenin Tamayo's unique genre fuses Korean beats with Andean folklore, producing tracks resembling K-pop but with lyrics in indigenous language Quechua
LIMA, Peru – Lenin Tamayo, named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, is taking on Peru’s music scene with a new genre that resembles South Korean pop music but with songs in Quechua, the language of the Incas.
But the 23-year-old is less concerned about social media metrics. Instead, he is striving to tackle discrimination through music and bring attention to the importance of the South American country’s ancestral past. Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South America, used by roughly 10 million people, from Colombia and Peru towards in the north, to Argentina and Chile in the far south. It is also spoken in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Brazil.
Contemporary Korean culture became a way for Tamayo to make likeminded friends and deal with bullying that he says he faced for his indigenous appearance.
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