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| Varying Form of Title: | From grief and joy we sing
Subtitle from container: Musical rituals of Q'eros, Peru
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| Other authors / contributors: | Wissler, Holly.
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| Notes: | This independent production (53 minutes), with viewing choice in three languages (English, Spanish and Quechua), was filmed and edited entirely in Q'eros and Cusco, Peru. The DVD includes a booklet with supplementary information in Spanish and English.
Photography, Holly Wissler ; film editing, David Peña Soria.
Narration, Holly Wissler (English), Arelí Aráos V. (Spanish), Gina Maldonado (Quechua).
DVD; 4:3 aspect ratio; stereo.
In English, Spanish and Quechua.
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| Summary: | The Quechua community of Q'eros in the Andes of southeast Perú is renowned for its traditional music, weaving, and spiritual rituals, customs that many other Andean communities no longer practice. The Q'eros' songs, with roots in pre-Hispanic Peru, serve many purposes: to release personal emotion, to propitiate the Apu (mountain deities) and Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) for animal fertility, and to celebrate during Carnival. We come to know how the Q'eros use their ritual music to express grief, through the experience of Victor and Juana Flores Salas, brother and sister who were both widowed at a tragically young age. We learn about Q'eros' history from Agustín Machacca Flores and Juliana Apasa Flores of the older generation, who sing a body of songs that are no longer sung, yet ones 'remembered' by them. We learn about the annual cycle of Q'eros traditional musical rituals throughout the documentary and see the process and challenges of an indigenous people adapting to urban society.
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