Khonkhota

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title: "Khonkhota" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["charangos"] topic_path: "general/charangos" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khonkhota" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameKhonkhota
namesQonqota
imagePonputudusepo.jpg
image_captPonputu or Khonkhota
backgroundstring
classificationString instrument
hornbostel_sachs_descComposite chordophone
developedSouth America
relatedCharango, Ronrocco
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The khonkhota or ponputu is a stringed instrument from San Pedro de Buenavista, Potosí, Bolivia. It is now played in much of the surrounding region also. It has flowers decorating the soundboard, which symbolise fertility. The name roughly translates as harmonics, and it often only has five frets, which alternate between black and white wood. It is usually very rustically made.

It has eight strings in five courses and is tuned G4 G3, C4, D4 D3, A3, D4 D4. The strings are made of steel, or a mix of nylon and steel.

References

References

  1. "The Stringed Instrument Database: J-K".
  2. "ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America".

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