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	Pascola Dance	n/a	02:43
102	Deer Dance	n/a	02:24
103	Squash Dance	n/a	01:29
104	Harvest Dance	n/a	01:44
105	Danza de los Viejitos: Juanzucuarecua	n/a	02:41
106	Abajeño a la Juventud	n/a	01:27
107	Real Song	n/a	03:09
108	Good Friday Music, Music to el Senor de Fila	n/a	02:26
109	Baile de las Canastas	n/a	02:06
110	Festival Music	n/a	02:18
201	Morning Choir and Soloist	n/a	02:02
202	Social Choir	n/a	05:46
203	Sacred Flutes of the Urua Ceremony	n/a	01:58
204	Girl's Puberty Rite	n/a	01:31
205	Feather Song	n/a	02:03
206	War Music	n/a	01:17
207	Animal Sacrifice Music	n/a	01:51
208	Tsanta (Shrunken Head) Song	n/a	01:21
209	Curing Ritual	n/a	01:16
210	Party Song	n/a	01:57
211	Fertility Chant	n/a	01:13
212	Welcoming Music	n/a	01:35
301	Quechua-Cuzco-Huayno	n/a	01:32
302	Quechua-Q'eros-Festival of Santiaga	n/a	02:32
303	Quechua-Collas-Sirvinakuy (trial marriage)	n/a	02:54
304	Quechua-Collos-Tinka (libation to animals) ceremony	n/a	02:23
305	Quechua-Huancalli-Shepherd's Flute	n/a	01:48
306	Quechua-Cuzco-Inti Raymi (festival to the Sun)	n/a	07:27
307	Quechua-Pisac-Conch-shell Blowing	n/a	05:36
308	Quechua-Ayacucho-Yaravi	n/a	04:32
401	Quechua-Canas-Pampa Hash (agricutural fertility) festival	n/a	00:34
402	Aymara-Lake Titcaca-Los Jilacatas (appointment of headmen)	n/a	02:38
403	Aymara-Tarabuco-Fertility ceremony	n/a	02:15
404	Aymara-San Lorenzo-Quena Music	n/a	01:37
405	Aymara-Chile-El Floreo	n/a	02:02
406	Selk'ham-Tierra del Fuego-Whale Chant	n/a	03:40
407	Selk'ham-Tierra del Fuego-Arrow ordeal chant	n/a	02:26
408	Song of the Condor	n/a	02:33