Ch'unchu (dance)

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Ch'unchu
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Participants at the Quyllur Rit'i festival. A ch'unchu performer can be seen in the background.
Etymologyfrom Quechua Ch'unchu
Origin Paucartambo, Cusco, Peru

Ch'unchu is a folk dance in Peru. It is performed on festivals of the Cusco Region like Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo and Quyllur Rit'i. [1] Varieties include q'ara ch'unchu, qhapaq ch'unchu [2] and wayri ch'unchu. [3] Its name comes from a derogatory Quechua word (also used in Aymara) for native inhabitants of the Amazon Rainforest. [3] [2] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Ministerio de Educación, Educación por el Arte, Serie 2 para estudiantes de Secundaria, Historia del Arte Peruano, Fascículo 3: Ritos y Fiestas: Origen del Teatro y la Danza en el Perú, 2007
  2. 1 2 Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 1 2 Guillermo Salas Carreño, Acerca de la antigua importancia de las comparsas de wayri ch'unchu y su contemporánea marginalidad en la peregrinación de Quyllurit'i (On the ancient importance of wayri ch'unchu dancers and their contemporary marginality in Quyllurit'i pilgrimage), ANTHROPOLOGICA/AÑO XXVIII, No. 28, diciembre de 2010, p. 75 (in Spanish, abstract in English)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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