Quechua
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Customs
Rap in Quechua, Living Language and Culture among Cusco’s Youth
Quechua is a sweet language that our ancestors have left us, even if not everyone among us knows it or…
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Commentary
Quechua Claims More and More Space
If you want to see a smile big as a morning on the face of people from Cusco just play…
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Commentary
Spelling a Pilgrimage’s Name is Tricky at Best in Cusco
There are complex and difficult realities in Cusco and spelling is one of them. I do not refer to just…
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Commentary
How is Formal Spanish so Central in Cusco?
The tall hills and mountains around Cusco look dry and burned by frost, and augury of winter that is coming…
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Events
And You, How Do You Call Your Mother?
Today is a great day to pay homage to all the mothers of the world, to recognize the unconditional love…
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Travel
The Trickster and the Thief, Failures of Translation
The word trickster draws people in English with its ideas of play and even joy. It seems relatively innocuous to…
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Peruvian Food
A Delicious Treasure Found in Lima, Patasca (Hominy Soup)
Patasca (Hominy Soup) A hominy soup is made from the concentrated broth of veal head in order to impart a…
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Commentary
How does a potato taste? What words do you use?
Delicious Huatia Baked Potato How do you describe the taste of a good potato? Or the meat that is by…
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Customs
The Song of Quechua and Language Preservation in New York, Elva Ambia
It might seem strange to people in Cusco that Elva Ambia teaches Quechua in New York. Cuzqueños hear Quechua spoken…
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Rural Quechua and Urban Mestiza Women in Cusco May Experience Menopause Very Differently
Unsettling, irritating, and downright painful. Those are words that come to mind when one thinks of menopause, the physical changes…
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