Andean Links

CULTURES OF THE ANDES
Culturas de los Andes

Andean Links

Andean Music -- Música Andina

· Cultures of the Andes, Quechua, Songs, Music, (at This site, with words and audio files)

· Alborada, great Andean music from Peru, words in Quechua

· Wayanay Inka, Nice page, traditional andean music with audio files of complete songs; has a page on Inka culture. *

· Inti-Illimani, group's web page

· Música de Jauja, songs from this Peruvian city

· Guitares du Quatuor Atahualpa

· El Rincón Musical Peruano, Huaynos en formato MIDI

· Rumillajta, with RealAudio files

· Pachakuti, Music of the Andes, in Europe, with links

· Andean Folk Music Group, with a few audio samples

· Quichua Mashis, Music samples, (sells Albums, instruments, clothing)

· Karumanta Jamuyku, Musical group, sample songs, (lovely music, difficult to purchase)

· Music from the Andes, large selection

· Sisa Pacari, Music from the Andes

· Mitimaes, Peruvian musical group

· Arpay, Andean musicians

· Grupo Uchpa, Entrevista con Fredy Ortiz

· Los Kjarkas, Cochabamba, Bolivia

· LlajtaNet.com, Music of Bolivia

· Fortaleza, World music with the spirit of South América

Musical Instruments -- Instrumentos

· Andean Instruments, Rumillajta, comprehensive web site with wind, percussion, string, and sample sounds. (one of our readers says their instruments have Good sound and quality, reasonable prices)

· Inkas Wasi, Music and dance of the Andes

Andes Websites

· Aymara's Page, Aymara Language.

· Imágenes de Jauja, photos of Peruvian City

· Patagonia, The Living Edens, (nice page)

· Perú... Ventana a la Aventura, Fotografías

· The Saraguros: native people of the Andean highlands of southern Ecuador

· Descendants of the Incas, Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Pictures of people and places

· The Andes, a Photo Gallery

· Tupac Amaru, the life, times and execution of the last Inca; Inti Raimi, Festival of the Sun

· Inca Trail, Machu Picchu and Mysterious Peru, with many links *

· Peru Photos, many good pictures of Touristic spots

· Inca Trail, Caminos del Inca, Trips & Travels, David Gualtieri.

· South America - Peru and Bolivia, travel photos

· Photos of Ecuador and Perú, Andry’s page.

· Civilisations du Pérou ancien, in French

· Chipaya, high planes farmers of Bolivia, by National Geographic

· Organization of the Inca empire, Teachers resources, 6 excerpts.

· Photos of Andean Villages, Akataksa

· Tradiciones de Huamanga

· Andean Images, many pictures.

· Wititi or Wifala, dances of Andean Arequipa.

History & Archaeology -- Arqueológico

· Andean History; Inca empire, Colonial, Andean Republics

· Pre-Columbian Culture Links, Central América, Pre-Columbian Culture Links, South América, Ron Warner.

· deamerica.net, continentes de enlaces

· Machu Picchu, how its secrets were kept

· National Geographic Andes Expedition, and Ice Treasures of the Inca

· Quipus: Talking Knots of the Inka

· Mitos y Leyendas del Perú Prehispánico

· The Ancient Walls: Enigma in the Andes, a slide show of photos

· Cuzco, La vallée sacrée des Incas, Machu Picchu, in French, nice fotos

· Andean Archaeology books

· World Heritage Sites in Perú

· Inca Civilization of Perú, South América, images of Anthropology

· Peruvian Quipu, Dead Media Archive

· The soil drawings in Perú - evidence of prehistoric aviation, Otto Lilienthal Museum

· SIARB Arte Rupestre de Bolivia, Sociedad de Investigación del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia

Andean Languages -- Lenguas

Quechua

· Cultures of the Andes, Quechua Songs, poems, jokes, language lessons, with audio files

· Quechua Lessons by Skype

· Quechuas.net, Puerta a todos los idiomas de la familia Quechua

· Quechua Language Homepage, Barry Brian Werger’s, Bolivian, with grammar lessons

· Quechua Ancashino, in German

· Quechua Network, Cultura Inka

· Curso de Quechua, grammar - gramática, (Spanish only), some audio files

· Ethnologue Languages of the World, Quechua from different places of Perú

· Runasimi.DE, Quechua, Quichua, Ayacucho, Qosqo,Vocabulary and more

· Quechua / Aymara, Arturo Cueva

· Runasimipi Qespisqa Software, Project to create free software in Quechua

· Google Piruw Llika (Web), Mask’ana Amawt’a Ajllanakuna, Llank’anakuna Simimanta

· Religious writtings in Quechua

· Quechua Language, alphabet and pronounciation, writing systems & languages of the world.

· Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al Español, Division del tiempo, partes del cuerpo, colores, nombres, palabras communes, Katari.org

· Diccionario Español - Quechua - Aymara, El Perú, la cultura, turismo y mas

· Diccionario Español - Quechua - Aymara, Algunas palabras básicas

· Kechwa Resource Center University of Kansas

· English Quechua Dictionary,

· English – Quechua Dictionary, Lonely Planet Publications

· Quechuas, Wikipedia

· Quechua, Language and Linguistics

· United Nation Human Rights, Quechua del Cusco

Classes de Quechua en el Cusco

· Centro Bartolomé de las Casas, Colegio Andino, clases de Quechua

· Course in Andean Linguistics and Bilingual Education

· Colegio Andino Exchanges, Centro de Estudios Regionales Bartolomé de Las Casas

· Acupari, Languag School, Cusco – Perú

Quichua from Argentina

· El Quichua, (In Spanish: with DICTIONARY, poems, stories and grammar lessons)

· Santiago del Estero Quichua, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freelang Diccionario: Quechua-Argentino-Castellano

· El Quichua de Santiago del Estero, Diccionario Quichua – Castellano

· Quichua, Santiago del Estero of Argentina, Bringing definition to the unfinished task

· Origen de la palabra Quechua, Argentina Indymedia

· Quechua, (Quichua Inga, Inca, Runasimi) Indiana University

Quichua from Ecuador

· Avi Tuschman: Runasimi - Deutsch - English - Español - Français: Dictionary and Language aids

· Quichua.net, Ecuador/Colombia

· Amazon Jungle Lodge El Jardín Aleman, Quichuas from Ecuador

· Quichua People of Ecuador, Incas and Quichua People

· A Quechua School in the Ecuadorian Andes

· Kichwa, Wikipedia, free encyclopedia

Aymara

· Aymara, (Cultura y religion del pueblo Aymara)

· Aymara Index, of online literature

· Quechua & Aymara page

· Omniglot Aymara writing systems, Aymara official alphabet

· Aymara culture, history, geography, politics, ethnic group

· Aymara Language Material Program

· Underspecification and Vowel Elisions in Southern Aymara

· Kechuaymara, History, communities, current programs

Mapuche

· Documentation Center of Mapuche

· Mapudungun: A language of Chile

· The Mapuche Language Page, (indigenous people of southern Chile and Argentina)

· The Mapuche Nation, Culture, language, history and current situation

· The Mapuche Nation - El Pueblo Mapuche, Mapuche documents and more

· Community Being Indigenous,

Other -- Otros

· Super Spanish Language Sites, Internet resources

· Guide to Spanish Language Web Sites in the Internet, Spanish dictionaries

Geography of Andean Countries -- Geografía

· Argentina: fact sheet and map

· Bolivia: fact sheet and map

· Chile: fact sheet and map

· Colombia: fact sheet and map

· Ecuador: fact sheet and map

· Peru: fact sheet and map

· Map of South América, Geographic Guide

· South America Map

· South América Political Map

· World Atlas.com, South América

· Guide to Andean Countries: Geology, Climate, Flora & Fauna

· Satélite Radar image La Paz, Bolivia and Ecuadorian volcanoes

· World map, showing temperature of Andean countries

· Introducing Machu Picchu, Travel guide, Lonely Planet

· Habitats of the Andes, General information

Miscellaneous Andean Sites

· Mi Chacra, documentary film, follows a young indigenous Peruvian man who becomes a porter on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, to support his family in an Andean village.

· Culture-Latin América: Indigenous Languages in Final Throes

· Latin American Network Information Center , (LANIC) and Indigenous Peoples, Extensive links on South American topics *

· Latin America, Historical text archive

· Inti Raimi Festival of the Sun

· Machu Picchu, Ancient City, Peru, Encyclopedia Británica

· Historical Text Archive, Latín América

· Andean Lives, Book by Gregorio Condori & Asunta Quispe on Peruvian Culture

· NOVA Online Adventure, Ice Mummies of the Inca

· South América, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

· Perú, Wikitravel

· South American: Great Pictures of the Andes mountains and Natives in Costume

· Pintores de Tigua Indigenous Artists of Ecuador