Yarina are 11 Cachimuel brothers and sisters. Their music is Kichwa Otavalo fusion and promotes the conservation of Indigenous Kichwa traditions through language, music, arts, and crafts. The group was started in 1984 by Jose Manuel Cachimuel and Rosa Elena Amaguaña, who were motivated by the struggle for the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of America. Yarina’s repertoire of music, dance, images, and poetry includes a wide variety of the Indigenous cultures of northern Ecuador. The group performs with chamber and symphony orchestras throughout the world, interpreting original rhythms of Indigenous Peoples with traditional Andean instruments such as the bandolín, charango, rondador, kena, sampoña, and pakllas. These instruments, which are mixed with classical guitar, violin, bass, and drum, give us the unique style of Yarina!