Natividad Betty Veizaga Siles (

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, Cochabamba, 1957) is a

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musician. She can play the

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and the ronroco and sings mainly in Quechua. She started in Vacas local radio station and she is a member of Grupo Pukaj Wayra with her siblings, and duets Takiytinku with her husband Rufo Zurita, and Quilla Zurita with her daughter.

Discography

Betty Veizaga in Grupo Pukaj Wayra

* ''Ama Sua, Ama Qhella, Ama Llulla'', Lyrichord disc – United States, 1981. * ''A Mi Tierra'', Origo 1004 – (Europe), 1984 * ''Vi bygger en skola'', 1987. * ''Vaqueñita'', Lauro – Bolivia, 1993. * ''Tinkuy'', Lauro – Bolivia, 1994 * ''Así es mi tierra'', Lauro – Bolivia, 1997; Sol de los Andes – Ecuador, 1998. * ''Con sentimiento a mi tierra'', Lauro – Bolivia, 1999. * ''Canta conmigo ...'', Lauro – Bolivia, 2000. * ''El valluno cholero'', Bolivia.

Betty – Quilla and Grupo Pukaj Wayra

* ''Nuestra ilusión'', Lauro – Bolivia, 2003. * ''A mi Bolivia'', Bolivia, 2009.

Betty – Quilla

* ''Con lo mejor y algo más'', Bolivia.

Takiytinku (Rufo Zurita – Betty Veizaga)

* ''Un encuentro de canto tradicional'', Bolivia. * ''El valluno cholero'', Bolivia. * ''Lo Nuevo, lo Mejor de Pukay Wayra'', Bolivia. * ''Soledad'', Bolivia, 2010.

Betty Veizaga and Rolando Quinteros

* ''Carnavaleando con...'', Bolivia.

External links

Betty Veizaga, Pukaj Wayra
1957 births Living people People from Arani Province 20th-century Bolivian women singers Bolivian folk musicians 21st-century Bolivian women singers {{Bolivia-bio-stub