Andean Aymara

Here are some photos sent to me by my good friend Fredy Quinonez-Nina, a very talented musician who I met in Ichuña in late 2009. Fredy and some of his friends have a band called Waynas (’The young guys’) and they produces very nice songs in Aymara, some of which I’ve been able to record. [...]

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In this second look at the book mentioned in this series, we can explore some of the cultural and traditional observations that the author makes.  One of the most interesting aspects are the author’s notes about the various festivals held in the region. 
The PALOMITA dance is part of the festival of the Crosses. It is [...]

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Museu de História Natural na Universidade de Utá
Aqui  estão  algumas fotos dos destaques no museu  de História Natural na Universidade de Utá. Havia um componente interessante da antropologia que detalhava a arte tribal local com focus nas miçanguinhas que eram  usadas nas roupas, mas, infelizmente,  essas coisas não aparecem nas fotos. Em todo caso,  você [...]

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Já adicionei uma nova canção à página chamada de Música Muylaqueña nesta página.  É a primeira canção espanhola aqui, pois as outras estão em Aymara.  Essa música se canta durante o dia de todos os santos.
I have added a new song to the Música Muylaqueña page on this website, it is the first Spanish song posted.

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The link below is the audio of a traditional greeting from Muylaque used to welcome your son-in-law into your home. The speaker is David Centena Mamani. Roughly speaking the meaning, as translated by David, is: “Welcome to my house, but this is now your house. From now on you will be to me as a son, and [...]

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I’ve added a new page on this website which features a few Aymara songs as sung by the talented 25 year-old David Centena Mamani of Muylaque. You can check it out here.

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AndeanAymara is very grateful to SystemC for the generous donation of much-needed school supplies. These materials will be distributed to the students of Muylaque and Sijuaya later this year where they will certainly be put to good use.
Thanks a lot!

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According to a story in the Peruvian Times, archaeolgists are hard at work in Chan Chan:
“A team of 500 archaeologists and workers has restored 2.5 kilometers of 12 meter-high walls in the city of Chan Chan - America’s largest pre-Hispanic mud-brick settlement - after rains in Peru’s normally arid northern coast caused ancient walls to [...]

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Herzog has returned again to Peru, the land where he filmed two excellent films, Aguirre der Zorn Gottes in 1972 and, a decade later, Fitzcarraldo both with Klaus Kinski. Apparently he is filming near the Vilcanota River (AKA Wilcamayu/Huilcamayo, Urubamba) in Cusco’s Sacred Valley. This should be good…

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A shoot-out between squatters and police in the Pomac forest in Batán Grande resulted in the destruction or damage of roughly 400 pre-Inca ruins. 
Photos of sights in the forest itself can be seen here.

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