| Description |
1 online resource (32 min.) |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking documentary shows the remarkable Carnival celebrations -- never before seen by outsiders -- of a remote community of Indians high in the Peruvian Andes. Their culture offers important clues into the Inca past and the roots of Andean cultures. The Q'eros play flutes and sing to their alpacas in a ritual to promote the animals' fertility. The film shows how the music evolves from individual, to family, to ayllu, to community, a structure of spiritual activity distinct from the structure of kinship. The Q'eros sing and play separately from each other, producing a heterophonic sound without rhythmic beat, harmony, or counterpoint -- a "chaotic" sound texture that exemplifies a key connection between the culture of the Andes and that of the Amazon jungle. The film also focuses on the protracted negotiations by which the Indians were compensated for their participation in the project. This classic and widely acclaimed film is essential viewing in a range of courses in cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, Latin American and Andean studies, and comparative religion. It was produced by renowned filmmaker and musician John Cohen |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2016) |
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In English |
| Subject |
Carnival -- Peru -- Andes Region
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Folk music -- Peru -- Andes Region
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Andes Region
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Indians of South America -- Peru -- Andes Region -- Social life and customs
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Carnival
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Folk music
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Indians of South America -- Social life and customs
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Andes Region
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Cohen, John, 1932-2019, director, producer
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Núñez del Prado B., Juan V. (Núñez del Prado Béjar), director.
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Berkeley Media, film distributor.
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