Cholo
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Commentary
The Power of Young Men, the Caporal
Bells jangle and boots slap as young men in bright colored costumes aggressively and yet with control dance up the…
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Restaurants
California’s Own “Cholo Soy”
The name called me. It’s puckishness struck me and reeled me in on a street in California no less. Despite…
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Commentary
In Search of a Suffix and Path, More on Huachafo
Huachafo is a weird word, as I found out while studying its usage. It is an adjective, though one site…
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Ingredients
Rice Claims Every Plate in Cuzco
One item that is never missing from the table in Cuzco is rice. It is eaten every day in a…
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Commentary
“Cholo Soy” (I am a Cholo) Today
A song riffs from headphones and cafes. It bounces softly, rhythmically, almost hypnotically. Most of its words repeat one phrase…
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Customs
A Word that Wounds, Ch’oto
The taught ball spurted forward, through the defense, and snagged in the net, a goal. As one team pumped the…
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Literature
Charanguito, a Poem by Luís Nieto Miranda
A translation into English of Luis Nieto Miranda's poem Charanguito.
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Literature
Romance of Barbaracha by Luis Nieto
Cuzco’s women demand attention. And Cuzco’s most famous poet of the twentieth century, Luis “El Cholo” Nieto Miranda gives it…
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