Download or read book The Bolivian Aymara written by Hans C. Buechler and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1971 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru written by David Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Per written by David Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1688 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Food and Culture Among Bolivian Aymara written by Mick Johnsson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Food and Culture Among Bolivian Aymara written by Mick Johnsson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Aymara Indians of the Lake Titicaca Plateau Bolivia written by Weston La Barre and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Valley of the Spirits written by Alan L. Kolata and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1996-03-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a secluded valley high in the Andes Mountains, long before the time of the Incas and the Aztecs, the empire of the Aymara rose from the shores of Lake Titicaca and flourished for nearly a thousand years. The secrets of the Aymara civilization, one of the first great empires of the Americas, have only recently been deciphered from the haunting ruins of their splendid temples, among which their contemporary descendants still live and work today. In Valley of the Spirits, Alan Kolata takes us deep into the mystical world of the Aymara, where past and present come together and the spirits of ancient ancestors still speak to shamans in the voices of mountain springs. Kolata's unique knowledge of the Aymara is based on 17 years of research at the site of the ancient empire. Its crown jewel was the dazzling ancient capital of Tiahuanaco, whose gold and silver-appointed temples and "monumental stone sculptures intensified the mythic aura of the city, imbuing it with a quality of the supernatural." From A.D. 400-1100, it was the spiritual center of the Andean world. According to Aymara myth, the creator god Viracocha brought man to life from the springs and rocks of Tiahuanaco's sacred landscape. The city's rich symbolism linked man inextricably to the majestic plan—and the cyclical fates—of nature. Royal priests performed elaborate animal and human sacrifices and buried human trophy heads and the mummified remains of Aymara kings in lavish religious pageants. So impressive was the legacy of Tiahuanaco that the Inca rulers claimed descent from the Aymara kings more than 500 years after the empire's mysterious catastrophic demise. Kolata deciphers the mysteries of the ancient monuments, from the massive Akapana pyramid, the symbol of sacred mountains, and of fertility and abundance, to the imposing archway known as the Gateway of the Sun, among the most exquisite artistic monuments of the ancient Americas. And he takes us into the contemporary world of the Aymara as well, where shamans recite the names of ancestral spirits in a hypnotic protocol of remembrance and homage to Lady Earth and Lord Sky. "To anyone fascinated by the total experience of humans, to anyone who wishes to go beyond the familiar world, to anyone wanting to push the envelope of their own perceptions, a sojourn into the mind and history of the Aymara is disturbing, exhilarating, and ultimately unforgettable."—Alan Kolata, in his Introduction to Valley of the Spirits

Download or read book On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru written by David Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Masked Media written by Hans C. Buechler and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On the Aymara Indians written by David Forbes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the Aymara Indians: Of Bolivia and Peru The country inhabited by the Aymara race of Indians is nearly equally divided between the two south-american republics of Bolivia and Peru, forming the most northern or, rather, north western part of Bolivia and the southernmost of Peru. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Native World system written by Nico Tassi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : 'on our own terms' : indigenous traders in the global economy -- Indigenous institutions regulating 'popular' markets -- Kinship networks as chains of supply and distribution -- The Chinese connection : an interstitial global economy 'under the radar of the -- Law' -- Revolving capital : Aymara cosmoeconomics in global trading practices -- Individual capital and collective relations in business administration -- The economic strategies of the Aymara world-system -- The upsurge of Aymara traders : an indigenous project of social affirmation

Download or read book On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru written by David Forbes and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...disgusting; but having been often described by former travellers, since it is in common use in many parts of South America, I need not further refer to it than to state that it is not alone appreciated by the Indians; for the whites and Europeans in Bolivia, as a rule, take to it with apparent relish. Chicha is also made from the quinoa seeds. In some parts a fermented drink is made by the Indians from the sweet stalk of the young green Indian corn, called "huiru" (wiru): this is the name of the stalk. Of late years, however, the establishment of large manufactories on the coast of Peru for the distillation of "chancaca," or unrefined sugar and molasses, has sent in great quantities of a very inferior white rum, or "aguardiente" as it is called, amongst these Indians, and is rapidly doing great mischief amongst them. The two main dishes of the Aymara cuisine are the chupe and the chairo. The former of these is common all over the northern countries (at least of the Pacific coast) of South America, and consists of a soup made with potatoes and any flesh or fowl which may be to hand, as well as any other vegetables convenient, never omitting to add some red-pepper pods. The chairo, however, is peculiar to the highlands of Bolivia and Peru, its fundamental ingredient being chuno instead of potatoes; and to this, as in the case of the chupe, any flesh (generally of the llama or sheep) or fowl is added. Although, from the dirty-looking leather-like fragments of chuno which mainly compose it, the chairo has at first a far from inviting aspect, which certainly would not recommend it at a European table, a taste for it is soon acquired, and it is even relished by the traveller who visits the inhospitable Puna of...

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Download or read book South American Indian Languages written by Harriet E. Manelis Klein and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills the crucial need for a single volume that gives broad coverage and synthesizes findings for both the general reader and the specialist. This collection of twenty-two essays from fifteen well-known scholars presents linguistic research on the indigenous languages of South America, surveying past research, providing data and analysis gathered from past and current research, and suggesting prospects for future investigation. Of interest not only to linguists but also to anthropologists, historians, and geographers, South American Indian Languages offers a wide perspective, both temporal and regional, on an area noted for its enormous linguistic diversity and for the lack of knowledge of its indigenous languages. An invaluable source book and reference tool, its appearance is especially timely when exploitation of the rich natural resources in a number of areas in South America must surely result in the demise and/or acculturation of some indigenous groups.

Download or read book Voice and Nation in Plurinational Bolivia written by Karl Swinehart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers ethnographic accounts of Aymara language media activism in Bolivia during the presidency of Evo Morales (2006–2019). It draws on research conducted among Aymara language radio broadcasters, hip hop artists, and community members during a period of radical social change and Indigenous political resurgence (pachakuti) in South America's most Indigenous republic. The Plurinational Republic of Bolivia counts Aymara among its official languages, but Aymara's social status and transmission to newer generations raise concerns about whether, despite being one of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages of the Americas, the threat of language obsolescence persists. This ethnographic account of Indigenous language activism shows how Aymara media and cultural workers combat this threat by making the language audible in diverse corners of Aymara life and examines the role Indigenous multilingualism plays in Bolivian politics. Through interviews and analysis of Aymara media texts, this study shows how language professionals determine how “the voice of the people” should sound. By introducing neologisms and archaicisms to avoid mixing Aymara with Spanish, Aymara language professionals disseminate a register of dehispanicized Aymara over the airwaves. The study reveals how these language professionals approach cultivating Aymara as more than a question of linguistic competence, but also of political commitment and anti-racist practice. Organized into two sections, one on radio and one on song, and including clear explanations and illustrations of key concepts in linguistic anthropology, this book listens to Aymara language advocacy from devout Catholics, union militants, and hip hop artists and fans, who hear in their language both the past and the future of Bolivia's Aymaras.

Download or read book Aymara Weavings written by Laurie Adelson and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1983 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acting Inca written by E. Gabrielle Kuenzli and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of the postcolonial era, the Aymara Indians of highland Bolivia were a group without representation in national politics. Believing that their cause would finally be recognized, the Aymara fought alongside the victorious liberals during the Civil War of 1899. Despite Aymara loyalty, liberals quickly moved to marginalize them after the war. In her groundbreaking study, E. Gabrielle Kuenzli revisits the events of the civil war and its aftermath to dispel popular myths about the Aymara and reveal their forgotten role in the nation-building project of modern Bolivia. Kuenzli examines documents from the famous postwar Peñas Trial to recover Aymara testimony during what essentially became a witch hunt. She reveals that the Aymara served as both dutiful plaintiffs allied with liberals and unwitting defendants charged with wartime atrocities and instigating a race war. To further combat their "Indian problem," Creole liberals developed a public discourse that positioned the Inca as the only Indians worthy of national inclusion. This was justified by the Incas' high civilization and reputation as noble conquerors, along with their current non-threatening nature. The "whitening" of Incans was a thinly veiled attempt to block the Aymara from politics, while also consolidating the power of the Liberal Party. Kuenzli posits that despite their repression, the Aymara did not stagnate as an idle, apolitical body after the civil war. She demonstrates how the Aymara appropriated the liberal's Indian discourse by creating theatrical productions that glorified Incan elements of the Aymara past. In this way, the Aymara were able to carve an acceptable space as "progressive Indians" in society. Kuenzli provides an extensive case study of an "Inca play" created in the Aymara town of Caracollo, which proved highly popular and helped to unify the Aymara. As her study shows, the Amyara engaged liberal Creoles in a variety of ways at the start of the twentieth century, shaping national discourse and identity in a tradition of activism that continues to this day.