- The 5 most typical dances of Apurimac
- 1- Tinkay tie
- 2- Papa qallmay
- 3- Sara yapuy
- 4- Qaytu tiniy
- 5- Wicuña chaqoy
- References
The typical dances of Apurimac, Peru, develop around traditional social activities. There they celebrate rituals in the births, the deaths, the weddings, the construction of the houses, the trips and even in the haircut of the children.
The activities of working the land, such as harvesting or sowing and irrigation, are also worthy of rituals with dances and songs.
The brand of cattle of all kinds also has its own ceremony and dances in the months of April to August.
The most widely used string musical instruments are the harp, violin, charango, guitar, and mandolin.
The percussion ones are the bass drum, drums and tinyas. Among the wind instruments, bovine horn trumpets stand out.
The 5 most typical dances of Apurimac
1- Tinkay tie
It is a ritual dance that is dedicated to the apus, which are the mountains that protect the town, before and after the bullfight or pukllay bull. The ties used by the lacerators present in the bullfight are blessed.
The women wear red and white skirts, a white blouse and a red scarf with a black hat. The men wear black pants, vest and hat, and a plaid shirt.
One or two men dress up as a bull. The participants are in the square where the bullfight is held carrying a Kuntur god that they place on the bull's back.
2- Papa qallmay
This dance is performed during the Carnival period. It is agricultural in nature since the objective is to request protection from the potato crop to have a good yield.
Through jumping steps, the dance represents the work of the land, the plow, the dislodging and the sowing.
Once the work is finished, the men play the quena (wind instrument), move around and return to their homes.
The women accompany them singing songs related to potatoes, thanking Mother Earth for the future good production.
The choreography simulates the rectangular structure of the fields and furrows. During the dance farming tools are also manipulated.
3- Sara yapuy
It represents an agricultural activity: the action of planting corn. Through movements that follow the rhythm of the music, the owner and his laborer lead the group carrying the tools.
More people arrive behind who start to sow. After the break, the women arrive with snacks.
After eating, it is danced in pairs and ends with a women's choir called wankaska. The boys repeat each stanza. In the end, everyone walks happily home.
The men wear a mestizo suit: white trousers, plaid shirt, scarf and hat. The women wear colored skirts, a white blouse and a black hat.
4- Qaytu tiniy
This dance represents the dyeing of wool with plants from the area and its transfer to the looms, and then weaving.
The women sing accompanied by the violin, the quena and the charango. Men and women dance in circles carrying balls of wool in their hands and simulating the movements of the loom. It is a very happy rhythm.
The clothing used by the men is a hat and white or black pants, a plaid shirt, an embroidered jacket and an aguayo, which is a rectangular garment.
The women wear white hats, blouses, jackets, red and black skirts, sashes and aguayos.
5- Wicuña chaqoy
It is an ancient pre-Inca dance that represents the shearing of the vicuña. Through this dance the value of this Andean animal is defended and praised.
Like the Incas, the idea is to protect the life of this animal so that it does not become extinct.
References
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