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Siku is the pseudonym of British/ Nigerian artist and writer Ajibayo Akinsiku, best known for his work in 2000 AD.
The siku (, , also "sicu," "sicus," "zampolla" or Spanish zampoña), is a traditional Andean panpipe. This instrument is the main instrument used in a musical genre known as sikuri. It is traditionally found all across the Andes but is more typically associated with music from the Kollasuyo, or Aymara speaking regions around Lake Titicaca. Historically because of the complicated mountain geography of the region, and due to other factors, in some regions each community would develop its own type of siku, with its own special tuning, shape and size. Additionally each community developed its own style of playing. Today the siku has been standardized to fit in with modern western forms of music and has been transported from its traditional roots.
Siku may refer to:
- Siku (instrument), a kind of pan flute from the Andes
- Siku Toys, a German brand of toy vehicles
- Siku (comics), an artist
- Siku (polar bear), a bear cub who became an overnight online sensation
- Siku Quanshu, a compendium of Chinese literature completed in 1782
Siku (born 22 November 2011 in Skandinavisk Dyrepark) is a male polar bear cub, he has several siblings such as Sné. After his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him, he was taken into care in the Scandinavian Wildlife Park in Denmark.
In terms of popular appeal, he is by some considered to be a possible successor to the polar bear Knut, who attracted worldwide attention at Berlin Zoo from 2006 until his death in 2011. A YouTube video showing Siku at the age of one month attracted hundreds of thousands of hits in just twenty-four hours and he was hailed internationally as an online sensation, especially after appearing on the official BBC website.
Siku (also spelled Siqu) ( Aymara siku or siqu a kind of flute, also spelled Sekho, Seko) or Siq'u ( Quechua for slidable rope; perforated) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Tomave Municipality.