Aymara / Qaqashqar / Mapuche – Ameridian Music Of Chile: The Aymara; The Qaqashqar; The Mapuche

Label: Folkways Records – FE 4054, Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4054
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Aboriginal

Lesser spotted Folkways publication focusing on three separate Pre-Columbian indigenous groups from Chile's northern provinces.  Stunner!!  (NM/VG+)

In Chile, there are three groups that are direct descendants of communities of the Pre-Columbian Americas: the Aymara, who inhabit the Andean mountains and Altiplano located in Chile’s two most northern provinces, Tarapaca and Antofagasta; the Qawashqar (also called Alakaluf), one of the oldest of the original inhabitants of the southernmost region of this planet, the Tierra del Fuego; and the Mapuche, who live mainly in the region called “the Frontier” or the “Araucanía” in southern Chile, located in the provinces of Malleco and Cautín. Aymara musicians traditionally incorporate wind instruments, reed whistles, stringed instruments, and pipes for songs dedicated to animals or saints, or freeform chants. As farmers, the Aymara people’s floreo festival celebrates their herds. Qawashqar tracks presented here are in the form of chants. At the time of the album’s recording, only 47 Qawashqar people remained. Mapuche music features wind and percussion instruments to create sounds for Mapuche ritual and social life. Mapuche songs are often improvised at parties to fit a particular situation.

Tracklist
        The Aymara    
A1    Aymara (2)–    Solo On The Pinquillo; Sumirumansanisa
A2    Aymara (2)–    Solo On The Bandola; Romero, Romero; Sahsalye
A3    Aymara (2)–    Solo On The Tara; Tata San Juan
A4    Aymara (2)–    Tatasulya; Chulyumpe
        The Qawashqar    
A5    Qaqashqar*–    Yarawa-Cave; Chichili; The Rain And The Cold; The Stag's Horn
A6    Qaqashqar*–    Chichili II; Arhasi; Lile Duck; Qorqwa Yerwa; Yeqchal; Kunchar
A7    Qaqashqar*–    The Smoking Pipe; Carancho; Chichili III; Toyaqa; The Sea Wolf
A8    Qaqashqar*–    Chichili IV; Awaryana
A9    Qaqashqar*–    The Belly; Myth Of Atqashap
        The Mapuche    
B1    Mapuche (2)–    Farewell Song; Joyful Song
B2    Mapuche (2)–    Song About Learning
B3    Mapuche (2)–    Cheyke Song; Love Song
B4    Mapuche (2)–    Dream Song; Farewell Song
B5    Mapuche (2)–    Proposal Song
B6    Mapuche (2)–    Proposal Answer; Trutruka Solo; Cheyke Song
B7    Mapuche (2)–    Song Of Polygamy; Farewell Song I
B8    Mapuche (2)–    Marriage Quarrel
B9    Mapuche (2)–    Farewell Song II