Sacred Songs and Decolonial Collective Voices from Elvira Espejo Ayca's Voice. Kirki Qhañi. Petaca de las poéticas andinas (2022)

• Published in: Bolivian Studies Journal
• Main Author: Adriana Sánchez Gutiérrez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2022
• Subjects: ceremonias; procesos descoloniales; voz colectiva; voz sagrada; Anthropology; GN1-890; Latin America. Spanish America; F1201-3799; Aymara; Inca; Kirki; Martina; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5195/bsj.2022.279; https://doaj.org/article/15132320aaf8428a927428ce8c330b0e

This article-interview with the poet Elvira Espejo Ayca discusses the process of recovering the sacred songs of the Aymara and Quechua indigenous communities through the oral tradition from her grandmother Gregoria Mamani and her great-great-grandmother Martina Pumala. The song-poems preserve Inca m...