Sounds and Images

This page houses samples of Quechua audio recordings, from conversations to songs to poetry readings and everything in between.  It also has a small sampling of video clips showing various situations and photos/images of the Andes, as well as links to other interesting sites that also have sounds and images.

Andean Music & Videos

Llajta (Collection of Bolivian Music for Media & Real Player)

Música de Puno

Música y danza aymara

Luzmila Carpio: The Voice of the Andes 

Kjarkas Official Website

Wayanay Inka Home Page -- Traditional Andean Music

Uchpa:Quechua Rock & Blues

Uchpa: Wayrapim qaparichkan

Interview in Quechua with Fredy Ortiz a Peruvian rock singer (UCHPA)

Audio Recordings

Cultures of the Andes

jokes, conversations, radio programs, films, etc.

Quechua Language Tapes (LRC at Cornell University)

Films & Videos

Soy Andina: A Documentary Film

Transnational Fiesta: 1992

Centro de Etnomusicología Andina (PUCP)

The Dancer Upstairs (a movie with dialogues in Quechua)

Largometraje KUKULI (1961) 60min.  (Director Luis Figueroa) 

Primera película hablada en quechua en el mundo, es la obra emblemática de la llamada "Escuela de Cine de Cuzco".

Documental “MAMITA CANDELARIA”, 40 min.

LOS PERROS HAMBRIENTOS (1976),  1 h 40 min. Basada en la novela de Ciro Alegría.  Selección oficial Festival de Biarritz (1979), Premio del Público Festival D’Amiens, Selección oficial Festival de Tasken.

Documentales “TORO PUCLLAY”, 40 min.

Largometraje YAWAR FIESTA (1982), 1 h 40 min. Basada en la novela de José Maria Arguedas.

Festival de Biarritz (1982),  Premio Asociación Francesa de Cinema de Art & Essay

 e.g., "slice of life" videos: daily routines, conversations, special occasions, etc.

Andean Images

Martín Chambi's Photographs

Andean Images

Photos of Archeological Sites in the Andes

Apurimac:Images

Nacionalidades y pueblos indígenas

Webshots

e.g., PowerPoint presentation, Photo Gallery (be careful copyright permissions)