Anthology of Central and South American Indian Music

"At one time the area or Central and South America was the home of diverse Indian cultures and civilizations ranging from the nomadic hunters of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia, to the river and forest peoples of the Amazon, to the military empires of the Andes and Central Mexico, to the theocratic states of southern Mexico and Guatemala. Many of the peoples that once inhabited these lands today are extinct or on the verge of extinction. Others have been assimilated into the dominant European culture and have given up the traditional ways. Perhaps the largest number though have remained, almost if in historical limbo, conquered but not assimilated..."
Alan Lazar

"Hubo un tiempo en el que el área de Centro y Sur América fue el hogar de varias culturas indígenas: comprendía a los cazadores-recolectores de Tierra del Fuego y la Patagonia, a los pueblos que habitaban los ríos y selvas del Amazonas, a los imperios militares de los Andes y el centro de México y a los estados teocráticos de Guatemala y el sur de México. Muchas de las culturas que una vez habitaron estas tierras están hoy extintas o en el camino de extinguirse. Otras han sido asimiladas dentro de la cultura europea dominante y abandonado sus prácticas tradicionales. Pero quizás la mayoría ha permanecido en una especie de limbo histórico, conquistados pero no asimilados..."
Alan Lazar

Track Listing

101	Yaqui: Pascola Dance	Maximiliano Valencia	02:43
102	Yaqui: Deer Dance	Group of Yaqui musicians	02:24
103	Huichol: Squash Dance	Huichol male singers and drummer	01:29
104	Cora: Harvest Dance	Cora musician	01:44
105	Tarascan: Danza de los Viejitos	Tarascan musicians	02:41
106	Tarascan: Abajeño a la Juventud	Tarascan male singers and guitarist	01:27
107	Mayan-Tzotzil: Real Song	Zinnacantan singers and musicians	03:09
108	Mayan-Chol: Good Friday Music	Chol flutist	02:26
109	Mayan-Ixil: Baile de las Canastas (Dance of the Baskets)	Group of Ixil musicians	02:06
110	Mayan-Chuj: Festival Music	Chimrimia player	02:18
201	Kraho: Morning Choir and Soloist	Kraho clarinetist and drummer	02:02
202	Social Choir	Cayamura male choir on the shores of Lake Ipavu	05:46
203	Sacred Flutes of the Urua Ceremony	Cayamura bamboo flutist	01:58
204	Girl's Puberty Rite	Shipibo-Conibo musicians at the presentation of a young girl to an older women	01:31
205	Feather Song	Shipibo-Conibo male singer while making a feather crown	02:03
206	War Music	Asháninka singers with pan=pipe and drum accompaniments	01:17
207	Animal Sacrifice Music	Shipibo-Conibo singers and flutist	01:51
208	Tsanta	Shuar male singer while shrinking the skin of an enemy 's head	01:21
209	Curing Ritual	Shuar shaman	01:16
210	Party Song	A group of Shuar female singers during a party	01:57
211	Fertility Chant	Yecuana female singers	01:13
212	Welcoming Music	Yecuana clarinetists and drummer	01:35
301	Quechua-Cuzco-Huayno	Quechua musicians	01:32
302	Quechua-Q'eros-Festival of Santiaga	Quechua pan-pipe players	02:32
303	Quechua-Collas-Sirvinakuy	Quechua flutist and male and female singers	02:54
304	Quechua-Collos-Tinka	Two Quechua women during T'inka ceremony	02:23
305	Quechua-Huancalli-Shepherd's Flute	Quechua quena player	01:48
306	Quechua-Cuzco-Inti Raymi	Quechua villagers from the village of Pisac, north of Cuzco	07:27
307	Quechua-Pisac-Conch-shell Blowing	Antonio Sulca ("Sunqu Suwa")	05:36
308	Quechua-Ayacucho-Yaravi	Four pinquillos players, chillador player, and three female singers	04:32
401	Quechua-Canas-Pampa Hash	The orchestra of Sicus (pan-pipes)	00:34
402	Aymara-Lake Titcaca-Los Jilacatas	Aymara musicians	02:38
403	Aymara-Tarabuco-Fertility ceremony	Aymara musicians	02:15
404	Aymara-San Lorenzo-Quena Music	Aymara quena player	01:37
405	Aymara-Chile-El Floreo	Aymara male singer	02:02
406	Selk'ham-Tierra del Fuego-Whale Chant	Lola Kiepja	03:40
407	Selk'ham-Tierra del Fuego-Arrow ordeal chant	Lola Kiepja	02:26
408	Song of the Condor	Musicians in Bolivia	02:33