Awki awki

Awki awki (Aymara awki father / gentleman,[1] the reduplication signifies that there is a group of something) is a folk dance performed in the La Paz Department[2] of Bolivia and in the Huancané Province[3] of the Puno Region in Peru. The dance satirizes the Spanish conquerors of the colonial period.[4]

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References
  1. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. "La Paz Revaloriza su riqueza cultural". Gobierno Autónomo Departamental de La Paz. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  3. "Puno: Principales Recursos Turísticos" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 13, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  4. "Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
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