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- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Film Kukuli (Cuzco-Peru)". Latinos in London. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
