…Yo’okalía[1] once came to a camp where he became enamored with a certain beautiful young woman, and so he remained in the camp despite the fact that the others…
The condor and the shepherdess
…A girl was seated on the edge of a chacuña –a semi-circle of stones where the shepherdesses went to do their weaving. As she watched her flock in the…
Far South
…Among islands, channels and archipelagos: the conquest of Chile’s far south advances conclusively How can we convey the immensity of the endless southern lands, inhabited in the 16th…
South Central
…aware of other groups living between Angostura de Paine and the Northern bank of the Maule River that the Inca had referred to as purun auca (“barbarian enemy,” later promaucae)…
Expedition of the Seven Explorers
…Everyone went to the other side, where they saw the kohe (fern) and said: “Here, indeed, the kohe have been bent by the footsteps of Hau Maka’s spirit.” They left,…
Arid North
…The difficulties he had experienced in the valleys of central Chile, the indigenous uprisings and his unfulfilled aspirations, weighed heavily in his decision. Added to this was the news from…
Semi-Arid North
…the watersheds of Copiapó, Huasco, Elqui, Limarí and Choapa. In 1535, this zone was inhabited by the Copiapo and Diaguita people, who numbered around 25,000. In the valleys, these groups…
Cenuke
…his father and mother. While he lived here on Earth he was called Hasaps, but later he was transformed into the star called Cenuke. In his youth he was rebellious,…
Bailes chinos
…Escuchar baile Chino de San Isidro Andacollo Fiesta de Andacollo, diciembre 1992. Grabación: José Pérez de Arce. Archivo MCHAP. Escuchar Baile chino de La Serena Fiesta de Andacollo,…
The Son of the Canelo
…and other places in Western Patagonia, there were monstrous man-eating animals. Giant guirabo birds, octopus, whales and mighty seagulls, enormous falcons, cormorants and crows devoured everything in their path. Some…
Mapuche
…Escuchar Canto Domingo Carilao. Canto para el documental Palin Bollilco Mapu Meu, de Felipe Laredo y Gunvor Sorli . Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago. 1994. Grabación: José…
History
…The Mapuche are considered the direct descendants of the ancient pre-Hispanic cultures of Pitrén (100 – 1100 CE) and El Vergel (1100 – 1450 CE) that inhabited the lands…
Center
…Conquered by the valleys of central Chile By the time Diego de Almagro the Elder undertook his expedition La flor de las Indias (The Flower of the Indies)…
Rapa Nui
…plying the waters between Valparaíso, the principal port of the Kingdom of Chile, and El Callao, its counterpart in the Viceroyalty of Peru. These journeys took several months, depending on…
Pueblos atacameños: estilo y entusiasmo 1969-1988
…Recopilación de cantos y música atacameña registradas por distintos investigadores entre 1969 y 1988 en las comunidades de Peine, Socaire, Cámar, Talabre, Toconao, San Pedro de Atacama y Caspana….
The story of the Shepherdess
…He encounters a lizard and begins to hunt it down, and as he is eating it he remembers the shepherdess’s request, but finds that he has forgotten the name of…
The Creation
…eyes. Then he and the other good spirits spit on the bad spirits and their bodies were transformed into stones. Ngen stepped on them and in their heaviness they fell…
The encounter
…A MEETING OF CULTURES ON CHILEAN SOIL The 16th century Spanish enterprise: conquest and consequences This historical review of the European conquest of the territory that would one day…
A tale of two brothers
…with his ragged, threadbare poncho. He wakes up suddenly at dawn and sees two men sitting at the entrance to the cave, covered from head to toe in golden armor….
Aymara
…Escuchar Banda de bronces Huaviña Banda Sensación Andina. Fiesta patronal de San Juan en Huaviña. 25 junio de 1994. Grabación: José Pérez de Arce. Archivo MCHAP. Escuchar Canto…
Makemake the Creator
…As told by Arturo Teao Tori Makemake was alone, and this was not good. He picked up a gourd filled with water and peered inside. Makemake’s reflection entered the…