…Tejido de urdimbre complementaria, bordado en puntada de tallo sobre algodón y flecadura por torsión (borlas), fibra de camélido. El motivo central de esta bolsa es un personaje antropomorfo…
Arte
…The quality of ceramics produced by these groups shows that they were finely skilled in this art. Notable examples include monochromatic pots with neck incisions and molded bottles with…
Son ido
Sonidos de pueblos originarios de Chile y de ambientes naturales en extinción. 1.- 1 2.- 2 3.- 3 Descargar carátula…
Ritual music of central Chile
Bailes Chinos, alféreces de Bailes Chinos, canto a lo divino. Saludo Procesión y despedida Canto a lo divino…
The Story of the Toads
As told by José Tonko Wide (Kstákso) Horcón, 1976 The east wind and the west wind say this, that … they blew, were blowing against one another, so…
Environment and Location
…it difficult to precisely define Tehuelche boundaries in terms of rivers or other geographical features. The Patagonian climate had a highly variable temperature range, both between summer and winter and…
Languaje
…last remaining speakers refer to their language as háusi kútə, and to the Spanish language as póla kútə. The Yaghan vocabulary reflects the speakers’ extreme southern environment, and uses completely…
Kawashkar
…1994. Grabación: José Pérez de Arce. Archivo MCHAP. Escuchar Conversación Conversación en kawashkar entre José Ramón Paterito y Julio Tonko. Punta Arenas. 1994. Grabación: José Pérez de Arce. Archivo MCHAP….
Social organization
…villages, where they performed tasks to complement hunting activities. During those pre-equestrian times, each band had a leader or chief called a Gownok or Yank, whose main task was to…
Art
The Kawésqar adorned themselves mainly with necklaces made of feathers and seashells. Their clothing consisted of a short cape fastened at the neck and made of animal skin,…
Flutes and “Chinos”
…flute music. This complex tube spread through time, space and cultures to leave its mark among the Nasca, Tiwanaku, San Pedro de Atacama, Diaguita, Aconcagua and Araucanía peoples. The tube…
Selk’nam
…The music of the Selk’nam people is essential vocal and includes both solo and choral singing, sometimes accompanied by simple instruments such as bird bone whistles and the percussive…
Mapuche
…as we understand it). It is a way of conveying ideas, expressing emotions and communicating the interior self, and for this reason it does not matter whether one is a…
El zorro y el cóndor (Animation, spanish)
…Animación en plasticina basada en una leyenda recogida en la localidad de Ayquina (II región, norte de Chile). El cuento, común a la narrativa tradicional de los andes sur,…
Hunter-gatherers of the Arid North
…the pampa, already completely arid, passing through foothill ravines to reach the Altiplano or Puna. These groups specialized in extracting the resources of the Andean upland meadows, especially when environmental…
Art
…the Huasco communities of Junta de Valeriano, Chollay, Pinte and Chihuinto. The women spin the yarn from sheeps wool and color it with natural and artificial dyes, and then weave…
Art
…Traditional ceramic and textile arts are still practiced in some Quechua communities. Pottery is manufactured primarily for domestic use and includes large urns for storing food and drink, and…
Art
These groups manufactured a variety of crafts in stone, wood, bone, textiles and metal, as well producing baskets, decorated gourds, bead necklaces of worked copper and toba stone….
Environment and Location
The Arica culture inhabited a region known as the “Western Valleys,” which extended from Mollendo in Peru to Taltal in Chile, although most lived in the Azapa and…
Economy
…The economy of the Cabuza communities was agriculture-based, and they adopted several new farming tools and more complex irrigation techniques to grow maize, several kinds of squash, beans, quinoa,…
Environment and Location
The Chinchorro people inhabited the Pacific coast of southern Peru and northern Chile, from what the present-day port of Ilo to Antofagasta. Though the land here is extremely…
Social organization
…The presence of monuments, in the form of many large burial mounds, tells us something of the social life of the Alto Ramírez people. Building these complex structures would…
History
…around 2000 BC, the Chinchorro began to blend with the Quiani groups, who simplified the previous complex mummification techniques as they inherited the culture and ancient traditions of the Chinchorro….