# Khonkhota

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{{Infobox Instrument
|name= Khonkhota
|names= Qonqota
|image=Ponputudusepo.jpg
|image_capt=Ponputu or Khonkhota
|background=string
|classification=[String instrument](/source/String_instrument)
|hornbostel_sachs=
|hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite [chordophone](/source/chordophone)
|developed= South America
|range=
|related= [Charango](/source/Charango), [Ronrocco](/source/Ronrocco)
|articles=
}}

The '''khonkhota''' or '''ponputu''' is a stringed instrument from [San Pedro de Buenavista](/source/San_Pedro_de_Buenavista), [Potosí](/source/Potos%C3%AD), 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](/source/harmonics), and it often only has five frets, which alternate between black and white wood. It is usually very rustically made.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/j.htm|title=The Stringed Instrument Database: J-K|website=Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/south_america.htm|title=ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - South America|website=Atlasofpluckedinstruments.com|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>

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==
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==External links==
* [http://pacoweb.net/Cuerdas/cuerdas.html Pacoweb]
* [https://qullaruna.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-khonkhota.html Qullaruna.blogspot]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110912053058/http://www.charango.ch/z_cpg144/thumbnails.php?album=17 Charango.ch]
* [http://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/j.htm The Stringed Instrument Database: J-K]

Category:Charangos

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