Peru-Music Of The Indigenous Communities Of / Var Peru-Music Of The Indigenous Communities Of / Var CD

The city of Cuzco, Peru is home to a number of indigenous peasant communities. Much of their music continues to be associated with fertility rites and to mark agrarian cycles, but the Spanish introduced guitars, mandolins, and other instruments that the indigenous peoples adapted and blended into their ancestral music. The songs are sung in Quechua. The liner notes, in English and French, provide information about the geography of the region, the history of it's inhabitants, local rituals involving music, and especially the musical instruments heard on the recording.

1. Papa Hallmay 2. Papa Asllay 3. Papa Ch'utay 4. Tinkuy Carnival 1 5. Puka Chaki Wallata 6. Puka Chaki Wallata 7. A±u ?iwu de Lawata 8. Tinkuy Carnival 2 9. Tinkuy Carnival 3 10. Kacharpari y Diana 11. Languilayo Qochachapi 12. Cruzata Punchitu 13. Linda Gaviotita 14. Q'ellabamba Campanitay 15. Danza Q'anchi de Canas 16. Punch'ay Qhashwa 17. Tupay Chita Kasarachiy 18. Toqroyoq Plazapi 19. Tuytunki, Tuytunki 20. Descanso Q'asay 21. Kasarakuy Mallkiyuq 22. Chita Mamalla 23. Tupay Sabaru Juygo