Four musicians in an ensemble including, from left, a violinist, a violinist, a man with a small vihuela, and a man with a large vihuela. Four villagers, a man, a boy, a girl and a woman, stand in front. They are standing in front of an adobe building with a tile roof.
A chirimía is a type of oboe, a double reed instrument. It is a member of the shawm family of double-reed instruments, introduced to Central and South America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by the Spanish clergy.
Four musicians in an ensemble including, from left, a violinist, a violinist, a man with a small vihuela, and a man with a large vihuela. A man and a boy kneel in front of the ensemble. They are grouped in front of an adobe building with a tile roof.
