Traditional Music of Peru, Vol. 6: The Ayacucho Region

The 27 recordings in this collection are the first from the Andean department of Ayacucho to be made available since that region's period of heavy conflict in the 1980s and early 1990s. These songs, which range from melodic and beautiful to stark and simple, evoke water, fertility, and life events in their lyrical, aesthetic, and symbolic content. Liner notes in Spanish and English include translations of song texts in the native Quechua language. 28-page booklet with photos. 53 minutes.

Serie compilada y editada por Raúl R. Romero. Las veintisiete grabaciones en esta colección son las primeras al alcance público del departamento andino de Ayacucho desde el período de intensos conflictos en esta región en los años ochenta y principios de los noventa. Estas canciones, que van de lo melódico y bello a lo parco y sencillo, evocan agua, fertilidad y eventos de la vida dentro de su contenido lírico, estético y simbólico. Las notas en español e inglés incluyen traducciones de la letra de las canciones en el idioma quechua nativo. Folleto de 28 páginas, fotos, 53 minutos.

Track Listing

101	Belenes	Belenes dancers with harp and violin	02:16
102	Negritos	Negritos of Cabana Sur with harp, violins, tinya, and espadín	01:25
103	Pasqakuymi	Group of women of Socos performing harawi for Carnival celebration	02:09
104	Iskay Sunqu Runa	Voces del Colca	03:31
105	Colqueñita	Voces del Colca	03:30
106	Señor Cáceres	Voces del Colca	03:17
107	Chimaycha	Group of men performing chimaycha with charangos and guitars	02:49
108	Chunchos	Chunchos of Luricocha dancing and playing antaras	01:45
109	Harawi (1)	Group of elderly women performing harawi before the plowing of the communal field	01:45
110	Qaqupa (Purification after Fiesta)	Huayno with harp and violin performed as purification after fiesta	02:21
111	Kimsay Pukllay, Señor Wamani	Eugenio Chacón	01:52
112	Song to Wankar or Tinya	Group of women of Alcamenca playing wankar (tinya) during the marking of livestock	00:54
113	Vaca y Vaca, Toro y Toro	Group celebrating the marking of the Huamaní family's cattle	03:43
114	Saru, Saruy	Group of women singing harawi to awaken ground corn in preparation of chicha de jora beverage	01:33
115	Sirenay, Sirenay	Two women with snare drum and chirisuya	01:02
116	Harawi (2)	Ayllus of the Huaylla and Qiwchua families	01:21
117	Musical Duel (1)	Contrapunto with chirisuya and tambor	00:58
118	Musical Duel (2)	Contrapunto with chirisuya and tambor	00:46
119	Clavelchay	Single women singing qachuas during the Fiesta del Agua	00:36
120	Qachwa de Reempujo (1 of 2): Ayllu Qullana	Group of women from the ayllu Qullana inciting their men to participate in the reempujo	00:34
121	Qachwa de Reempujo (2 of 2): Ayllu Sawqa	Group of youths from the ayllu Sawqa responding to Qullana women's qachwa during reempujo	00:59
122	Tijeras: Qawachan section	Dancers accompanied by harp, violin, and scissors	00:53
123	Tijeras: Pacha tinka	Dancers accompanied by harp, violin, and scissors	04:38
124	Huayno (1)	Laureano Zárate, regidor of Alcamenca	00:59
125	Huayno (2)	Huayno with harp, violin, and cajón	02:08
126	Retamita (Little Broom)	Huayno of Cabana Sur with harp and violin	03:14
127	San Gregorio (Funeral Song)	Funeral song of Sarhua, Victor Fajardo Province	02:06