When the concert tour “Putumayo Presents Latinas: Women of Latin America” comes to the Queens Community College Performing Arts Center on Oct. 17, it will bring with it more than the exhilarating vocal talents of three of the region’s most prominent divas.

Through their voices, Mariana Montalvo of Chile, Toto La Momposina of Colombia and Belo Velloso of Brazil bring cultural traditions of Latin America, incorporating into their performances the sounds of lullabies sung to children and tunes brought forth during times of celebration.

Considering the tremendous ethnic diversity of the borough, the show is coming to the right place.

“The most important part of the tour is to introduce Latin American music in the U.S. and educate people about Latin American culture,” said Fabian Alsultany, tour and live events coordinator at Putumayo World Music. “Up until now, Queens Theatre in the Park was pretty much the only place in Queens where concerts of this nature took place. It is really shocking to me, because of the intense ethnic diversity of the borough.”

From generation to generation, women have helped serve as the collective memory of Latin American musical culture.

While the artists featured on the “Putumayo Latinas” tour reflect many different styles and histories, they share a connection to local traditions. They all reflect the influences of European, African and Native American cultures that create the basis for Latin American music, and their voices carry a positive message inspired by the past but grounded in the present.

Mariana Montalvo blends her country’s traditional music with the lush poetry of nueva cancion, the Chilean musical movement prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s. Living in exile in Paris since the 1974 military coup by Pinochet, Montalvo draws on a musical spirit of both happiness and sadness.

Her album titled “Cantos del Alma” was released by Putumayo prior to the tour.

Toto La Momposina hails from Mompos Island in Colombia’s Magdalena River, a place where the cultures of Native Indians and escaped African slaves converged. As a young woman, she traveled from village to village researching the rhythms and dances along the Atlantic Coast. Her performances are supported by the blasting horns of bandas and the percussion-heavy accompaniment of cactus wood flutes, named gaitas by the Spanish.

Belo Velloso comes from Brazil and, as niece of famous Brazilian performers Caetano Velloso and Maria Bethania, has been immersed in music from a young age. Growing up in Bahia, where African culture has had a profound impact, the Velloso cut her teeth on samba and bossa nova.

For Putumayo, which has been specializing in ethnically themed musical tours throughout its 10-year history, this tour represents “the biggest packaged tour going across America,” according to Alsultany.

The label’s reputation preceded it when time came to book performers for the tour.

“All the artists [participating in the tour] were ready and willing to come,” Alsultany said. “Our biggest problem was to coordinate all schedules and to fly them in from their respective countries.”

Regardless of the tour’s success, Alsultany – an Elmhurst resident since November 1998 – feels certain the label would book some of the shows of its future tours in Queens.

“I have no doubt we’re coming back,” Alsultany said.