…interior de su sociedad, posiblemente ligados a las actividades ceremoniales que practicaban y al control del creciente intercambio de bienes alimenticios y de prestigio con otras comunidades de la región….
Beliefs and funerary practices
…Cosca (in Ollagüe), and the feast of San Antonio de Padua in Estación San Pedro. All of the communities also hold traditional Andean carnivals at the end of the summer….
Beliefs and funeral rites
…in ceremonies to clean the irrigation canals or to pray for abundant water. These rituals sometimes include offerings made in places that are considered sacred. Rituals exist at both the…
The devils`tale
…behind her if they come. A while later the men arrive and begin to dance outside the house. They then enter the house and ask what there is to eat….
History
…indigenous communities inhabiting the ancient settlements of Cosca, Amincha and Alota. The same thing occurred in the San Pedro River basin, where the sulfur mine of Línzor was a focal…
Environment and Location
The Mapuche are Chile’s largest indigenous group. When the Spanish arrived in the 16th century the Mapuche inhabited most of southern Chile, divided into subgroups in different geographic…
Temuco II
Música mapuche. Distintos autores, grabado en 1995 por José Pérez de Arce en los alrededores de Temuco. Canto Galvarino Queupumil Catalán. Liquiñe Canto Galvarino Queupumil. Liquiñe – Trompe…
History
…and re-adaptation” (1680–1722 A.D.), which ended when the island was first visited by Europeans. Around 1600 A.D., competition between clans to claim more territory and enhance their prestige by building…
Atacameña
…and percussion instruments and laquita pipes). Even so, it is difficult to speak in general terms about Atacameño music, as each community developed its own musical tradition and instruments and…
Settlement pattern
…The Atacameños’ surroundings are organized along economic and social lines. The environment has three components: the chacra (small agricultural plot), consisting of the permanent dwelling and farming terraces; the…
Settlement patterns
…local groups were composed of different “houses” separated from each other and in which the males of each lineage lived with their wives and unattached daughters. The males’ spouses had…
The pictographs of Cueva Blanca
…pieces. In the Cueva Blanca style human figures are depicted more frequently and in more central roles in the panels, while camelid images gradually become more schematic and marginal, sometimes…
Historia de los guitarroneros según Santos Rubio
…Santos Rubio cuenta la historia de los guitarroneros de Pirque y Puente Alto en el Segundo Encuentro Nacional de Guitarroneros. Este video forma parte de los fragmentos de archivos…
Tiempo del verde, tiempo de lluvia. Carnaval en Ayquina
…Disco complementario al libro “Tiempo del verde, tiempo de lluvia. Carnaval en Ayquina”. Contiene las músicas tocadas durante la celebración de carnaval en el pueblo atacameño de Ayquina, II…
Marine fisher-hunter-gatherers of the Arid North
Given their already intimate knowledge of marine resources, the introduction of the fishhook prompted a major turning point in the lives of the marine hunter-gatherers of the…
Economy
The Tehuelche’s main prey was guanaco, and the people prized not only the meat but also the skins, which they used to make clothing, blankets, dwellings and other…
Social organization
…the group or inherited the title as the son or friend of a former chief. Marriage was allowed after coming of age, and at the same time a Kawésqar also…
History
…The term Diaguita may have come from Quechua or Aymara, as the term exists in both languages, and means hill or mountain. It could also have been created locally,…
Mantel: inkuña
…cubrir la cabeza. El uso ritual de esta pieza es servir como mantel sobre el cual se depositan las ofrendas a las divinidades. Por ello es que frecuentemente se encuentran…
Language
…As mentioned above, the identity of Quechua communities is primarily based on language affiliation. However, while Quechua is spoken primarily by the people of Ollagüe and San Pedro Estación,…
Settlement pattern
…by the Capac Ñam or Inka Road, which boasted complex engineering works such as bridges and stone staircases. Tambos, located at regular intervals along the road system, served as way…
The story of the wild goose couple
…idea…She began acting very tired, lay down and pretended to sleep, hoping her son would fall asleep too. The little boy remained completely still and also pretended to sleep. Not…
Social Organization
…Traditional Diaguita society tended to be was organized around family and extended family ties. But the modern Diaguita indigenous community has only recently emerged, under the auspices of Indigenous…
Settlement pattern
…Fueron sociedades ganaderas y horticultoras que, sin abandonar por completo la movilidad del período anterior, combinaban la estabilidad aldeana con desplazamientos estacionales a la alta puna y los oasis…