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, Francisco Valencia, Manuelo García	02:43
102	Yaqui: Deer Dance Yaqui male singer with notched rasping stick, water drum	02:24
103	Huichol: Squash Dance Huichol (Wixárika) singers and drummers	01:29
104	Cora: Harvest Dance Cora musician	01:44
105	Tarascan: Danza de los Viejitos* Juan Hernández	02:41
106	Tarascan: Abajeño a la Juventud* Juan Victoriano	01:27
107	Mayan-Tzotzil: Real Song String trio, Zinacantán, Chiapas	03:09
108	Mayan-Chol: Good Friday Music Ch'ol flute player, Tila	02:26
109	Mayan-Ixil: Baile de las Canastas (Dance of the Baskets) Group of Ixil musicians	02:06
110	Mayan-Chuj: Festival Music Chirimía player	02:18
201	Kraho: Morning Choir and Soloist Kraho clarinetist and drummer	02:02
202	Cayamura: Social Choir Kamayurá singers, Lake Ipavu	05:46
203	Cayamura: Sacred Flutes of the Urua Ceremony Kamayurá flute player	01:58
204	Shipibo: Girl's Puberty Rite Shipibo-Conibo drummers, mixed voices	01:31
205	Shipibo: Feather Song Shipibo-Conibo male singer while making a feather crown	02:03
206	Campa: War Music Asháninka singers with panpipe, drum accompaniment	01:17
207	Conibo: Animal Sacrifice Music Shipibo-Conibo singers and flutist	01:51
208	Jivaro: Tsanta (Shrunken Head) Song Shuar man	01:21
209	Jivaro: Curing Ritual Shuar shaman	01:16
210	Jivaro: Party Song Shuar women	01:57
211	Yekuana: Fertility Chant Yecuana women	01:13
212	Yekuana: Welcoming Music Yecuana musicians	01:35
301	Quechua: Cuzco - Huayno Quechua musicians	01:32
302	Quechua: Q'eros - Festival of Santiago Quechua pan-pipe players, Fiesta de Santiago, Q'eros	02:32
303	Quechua: Collas - Sirvinakuy (Trial Marriage Song) Quechua flutist and male and female singers	02:54
304	Quechua: Collas - 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 (Festival to the Sun) Quechua villagers of Pisac, Cuzco	07:27
307	Quechua: Pisac - Conch-Shell Blowing Antonio Sulca "Sunqu Suwa"	05:36
308	Quechua: Ayacucho - Yaravi Antonio Sulca "Sunqu Suwa"	04:32
401	Quechua: Canas - Pampa Hash (Agricultural Fertility) Festival Men of Pisac, Cuzco	00:34
402	Aymara: Lake Titicaca - Los Jilacatas Aymara pan-pipe orchestra	02:38
403	Aymara: Tarabuco - Fertility Ceremony Aymara musicians, Tarabuco, Bolivia	02:15
404	Aymara: San Lorenzo - Quena Music Aymara quena player	01:37
405	Aymara: Chile - El Floreo Francisco Chappala Chamaca	02:02
406	Selk'nam: Tierra del Fuego - Whale Chant Lola Kiepja	03:40
407	Selk'nam: Tierra del Fuego - Arrow Ordeal Chant Lola Kiepja	02:26
408	Song of the Condor Pandilla de Anatas	02:33