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: Sánchez Gutiérrez, Adriana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System 2022
• Subjects: Collective voices; decolonial process; rites; sacred voices; Ceremonias; procesos descoloniales; voz colectiva; voz sagrada; Aymara; Inca; Kirki; Martina; sami
• Online Access: http://bsj.pitt.edu/ojs/bsj/article/view/279; https://doi.org/10.5195/bsj.2022.279

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...