Very long hair is not just limited to heavy metal bands

• Very long hair is not just limited to heavy metal bands
  

  

  Georges

  
  

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  Hello Everyone,

  Usually, when one sees four young men with long hair and one says they play music, it seems obvious to think "Heavy Metal", "Classic Rock'n'Roll".

  There is a community in Ecuador, called Otavalo, where the men resisted haircuts since the Spanish conquest. Not only they resisted haircuts, but they held on to their traditional folk music. On this video, you will see four musicians, who are not all from Ecuador, but grew their hair like people from Otavalo, but unlike them (Otavalians usually wear their hair in a long braid), wear it loose like metalheads.

  In Ecuador, men from Otavalo do not even have to cut their hair for military service.

  Enjoy

  Georges in Montreal

  Walisuma - An Ecuadorean Band - Very long hair.

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  • Re: Very long hair is not just limited to heavy metal bands
    

    

    Erik Anders

    
    

    Very soothing music. :)

    I kept waiting for a kickass solo on that flute though. >_<

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      FireInTheSky

      
      

      Very soothing music. :)

      I kept waiting for a kickass solo on that flute though. >_<

      SWEEP... uh... FINGERING!!!
      -mihnea

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        Erik Anders

        
        

        Very soothing music. :)

        I kept waiting for a kickass solo on that flute though. >_<

        SWEEP... uh... FINGERING!!!
        -mihnea

        200bpm flute-shred... hell yeah! *buellielliboeumptschooooe-bueeeeeeiiieeebuellidullidellidwaaaooo*

        That´s some serious flutemanship...

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  • Great Music! nt
    

    

    Paddy

    
    

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    Ron

    
    

    thanks for the link,besides there having nice
    long hair I love andean mucic

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    Hello Everyone,

    Usually, when one sees four young men with long hair and one says they play music, it seems obvious to think "Heavy Metal", "Classic Rock'n'Roll".

    There is a community in Ecuador, called Otavalo, where the men resisted haircuts since the Spanish conquest. Not only they resisted haircuts, but they held on to their traditional folk music. On this video, you will see four musicians, who are not all from Ecuador, but grew their hair like people from Otavalo, but unlike them (Otavalians usually wear their hair in a long braid), wear it loose like metalheads.

    In Ecuador, men from Otavalo do not even have to cut their hair for military service.

    Enjoy

    Georges in Montreal

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  • They seem based in Australia? Gr8 music + a Pic. nt [PIC]
    

    

    Deanof316

    
    

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    Hello Everyone,

    Usually, when one sees four young men with long hair and one says they play music, it seems obvious to think "Heavy Metal", "Classic Rock'n'Roll".

    There is a community in Ecuador, called Otavalo, where the men resisted haircuts since the Spanish conquest. Not only they resisted haircuts, but they held on to their traditional folk music. On this video, you will see four musicians, who are not all from Ecuador, but grew their hair like people from Otavalo, but unlike them (Otavalians usually wear their hair in a long braid), wear it loose like metalheads.

    In Ecuador, men from Otavalo do not even have to cut their hair for military service.

    Enjoy

    Georges in Montreal

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  • I never thought it was!
    

    

    Gylfi

    
    

    Traditional folk music is definitely my favourite type of music - that includes Celtic, Norse, Baltic, Slavic; most Indo-European styles, and even Vedic or Thai folk music! In addition to traditional folk music, I'm also a big fan of the more extreme genres of heavy metal (black, doom, noise, etc) and even play in a few bands that cross traditional folk music genres with extreme metal genres. Believe it or not, I notice a lot more people with long hair in the folk music communities than in the heavy metal communities. I think the difference is only that there are more heavy metal fans in the world than there are folk music fans, but I think folk music fans have a larger longhair demographic. Their hair also seems better taken care of, most metal fans I run into are pretty careless when it comes to their hair, hehe.

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  • Laurent Quiros [PIC]
    

    

    Uwe

    
    

    The French (-Spanish) songwriter Laurent Quiros had in earlier times (about 15 years ago) very long hair (longer than hip-length); now his hair is shorter.

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