16 mm film I shot in Bolivia in 1976 and 1977. This is all from the region around Charazani. The region is known for the quality of its textiles, so a lot of the footage concerns weaving.
Charles jhoansen es un bello tesoro, me imagino que en esa epoca no fue facil lograr esas filamaciones, ya que no existia energia electrica, la poblacion era muy reservada. Dios lo bendiga, llore al ver mi hermoso pueblo de Calaaya 😭😭😭😭
Too bad the music is all from Peru (sounds like some of David Lewiston's field recordings if I recall correctly). Charazani is known for its own particular style of music - particularly the Kantu. The French ethnomusicologist Louis Girault made extensive field recordings in Charazani from 1965 to 1973, and I'd highly recommend checking them out if you haven't heard them already.
You are right. I used the recordings off a CD (without permission). We did have a miraculous experience of recording Charazani music. A bunch of guys were in the plaza at night waiting to take the truck to La Paz to participate in some ethnomusical festival. We wandered through them and got a nice recording as they just played for the fun of it. That was a reel to reel tape that may be lost... if it still exists, it would have to be slow cooked to make it viable (1970s tape that degrades). Your comment inspires me to look for it. Thanks. CJ
You're absolutely right about the music from that video. Khantus are the perfect sound that express what Charazani mean. Obviously the country is close to Peru but we have our own music..... Try to look for Alaxpacha, Akhamani, Yawar Mallku, and other groups form Charazani, and Quiabaya, Niño Corin, and other communities that play khantus
I tried to see if I could find any of my grandparents or uncle's. No such luck. My family told me the women would pee in clay jars and ferment the urine then wash their hair with it to make it shiny, black and strong. My mother tried it once and almost threw up, said you needed a strong stomach for that.
The music is NOT from Perú, the music is original from the Sikuris from Charazani. Unfortunately Perú copies the Bolivian culture, music and dances, and they say them belong to Perú, very sad!!! Thanks for the info about Louis Girault.
@@aliciawillis2322 This is not one of those cases. The audio used in this video is well-known, and most of it is from the Cusco region. I have copies of the original field recordings that are used in this video. In particular, I recognize some of the music from field recordings that David Lewiston made in Peru in 1968. The closest any of this music gets to Bolivia is a couple of tracks that were recorded of Sikumorenos in Puno. The person who edited this video either didn’t do their research, or made a mistake.
Excelentes imágenes; sin duda que podrías mejorarlo incluyendo la música tradicional Kallawaya..."Los k'antus", además de pífanos, pinkillos, etc. creo que hay material al respecto. Gracias por compartir estas imágenes.
