…comenzar un nuevo modo de vida pastoril. Algunas similitudes en la industria cerámica que tenían, permiten establecer relaciones de intercambio con poblaciones contemporáneas de la vertiente oriental de Los Andes,…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…is called ‘liturgy’. This syncreticism is particularly evident in community festivals celebrated on the feast days of patron saints, during Holy Week, and on All Saints’ Day. The group’s belief…
The encounter
…that which we find attractive, captivating, bothersome or tiring, we can see ourselves reflected, discovering not only how our gaze is composed, but also learning that the memories held in…
Instrumentos musicales mapuche 1
…de coliwe Domingo Maliqueo. Roble Huacho – Trutruka de cañería José Luis Huilkamán. Collinque – Trutruka de cañería Olegario Queupumil. Kachím – Corneta de coliwe Rogelio Queupumil. Liquiñe – Ñolkín…
Sonidos del Cancosa Anata 2005
…Registro sonoro de la Anata o Carnaval de la comunidad aymara de Cancosa, comuna de Pica, Primera región de Chile. Antes del Anata viento Antes del Anata Granizos Entrevista…
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…
The Creation
…like the lion and the tiger, and clever and careful like the fox. Mitos de Chile Diccionario de seres, magias y encantos (Myths of Chile, Dictionary of beings, magic and…
Organización Social
…a strategic role in Mapuche society, while colonial authorities attempted unsuccessfully to bolster the role of the lonkos, local community chiefs. After the Mapuche were defeated in 1881, a protectorate…
Economy
…The Aymara economy is based on two ancestral principles: complementarity and reciprocity. Through complementarity, the Aymara take advantage of the different products that can be grown or produced in…
The story of chimango
…same blood sausage, and he ate it ravenously. The others laughed at him secretly, but two who were his good friends in the camp finally felt compassion for him and…
Carnaval Cariquima
…Mancasaya Tiro con Iglesia Mankasaya en la plaza Mancasaya visita a Araksaya Camino a Cariquima, primera parada, Mancasaya Villablanca – Inicio Carnaval, rueda Mancasaya Chulluncane – Inicio de Carnaval, rueda…
The condor and the shepherdess
…thinking of her family and her community far away, she wept because none of them could help her. The condor tried to be kind, and to care for her as…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…on the principle that ‘each person is first of all his own neighbor’. The Kawésqar’s ‘kalakai’ initiation rite was a coming of age ceremony for both men and women. Its…
Location and Environment
…The Quechua are an indigenous people whose name refers to the language they speak— Quechua. The first Quechua communities to emerge were located in what is now Antofagasta Region…
Settlement patterns
…human community; the sallqa, the surrounding wilderness where plants and animals live; and the huacas, composed of Pachamama, the mountain spirits and other ‘powerful’ places, the stars, and other personified…
Economy
…leading horse and cattle traders. Textile manufacture for both personal and commercial purposes also increased at this time, as did basket making, ceramics and, most significantly, silversmithing. The latter was…
Economy
…these vessels comes from miniature models left as grave goods by fishermen of the late Arica culture. The models show three pieces of wood, the central one beam than the…
Art
…found show signs of having been patched or repaired on many occasions, or reused for other purposes. This suggests that such goods were hard to come by, and many were…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…were practiced in an irregular, more personal manner. Yekamus or shamans were very powerful in Yaghan society. They were respected and feared but not trusted, and the community had no…
Environment and Location
…Communities identifying themselves as Colla are located in the zones of Potrerillos, Inca de Oro, Quebrada de Paipote, San Miguel and San Andrés, and by the Jorquera River, which…
History
…Island Yámana Community (Comunidad Yámana de Navarino) was formed to resuscitate the tribe’s history and culture and to help this poverty-stricken and marginalized indigenous group. With this aim, traditional handicrafts…
Temuco I
Música mapuche. Distintos autores, grabado en 1995 por José Pérez de Arce en los alrededores de Temuco. Guillatún. Cerro Ñielol, Temuco Guillatún. Cerro Ñielol, Temuco Guillatún. Cerro Ñielol,…
Cueca Al pasar por un jardín y doña Tila Morales
…Reyes toca guitarra, Marta Rubio tañe guitarra, Santos Rubio Acordeón. Santa Rita de Pirque, 2002. Luego doña Tila Morales, madre de los hermanos Rubio, cantora de noventa años, interpreta un…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…were buried in canoes or hollowed out trunks, others in stone boxes, others directly in the ground and still others in ceramic funeral urns. Urns were the most common form…