Los Chaskis from Ecuador in Shediac, NB--pan flutes

Recorded at a town market in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada, 9 August 2009. I purchased their CD and the the notes state that the group is from Ecuador and plays native music. This tune is called Qarwa Yaku (has various spellings) by Sixto Aywar (from the CD jacket), although authorship seems hard to pin down, as do the names of the many pan flute groups around the world. Lots of performers seem to have latched onto this particular tune because of its beauty. A quick internet search reveals an older, wel