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Aug 18, 2015
How do you preserve an ancestral language while making it relevant for this generation's youth? For one teenage girl in Peru, it's through music. Renata Flores, a 14-year-old internet sensation, has revived interest in Quechua, an ancient Incan language, by performing and recording well-known pop songs in this language. Her version of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" has received nearly 1 million views on YouTube.
The Quechua language, once considered an "old language spoken by 'uneducated' people," now has a new generation of followers who are both studying the language and proud to speak it. As this video demonstrates, music diplomacy, new media technologies and international broadcasting can be a powerful platform to promote interest in cultures, customs and traditions.
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