Aguayo (cloth)

In today's world, Aguayo (cloth) has become a topic of relevance and interest to a wide spectrum of society. Whether due to its impact on popular culture, politics, technology or people's daily lives, Aguayo (cloth) has managed to capture the attention of millions of people around the world. Over the years, Aguayo (cloth) has been the subject of debate, analysis and reflection, generating a great diversity of opinions and points of view that reflect the complexity and importance of this topic. In this article, we will explore the various facets of Aguayo (cloth) and its influence in different areas of modern life, with the aim of shedding light on a topic that continues to be relevant today.

Traditional aguayos of different types and colors for sale at a crafts store in La Paz, Bolivia.

The aguayo (possibly from awayu, Aymara for diaper and for a woven blanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back), or also quepina (possibly from Quechua q'ipi bundle) is a rectangular carrying cloth used in traditional communities in the Andes region of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Aymara and Quechua people use it to carry small children or various other items in it on their backs. It is similar to a lliklla and sometimes regarded as a synonym. It is often striped, and is hand woven with wool that is later dyed with bright colors.

Gallery

  • Quechua woman in Peru wearing a loaded aguayo
    Quechua woman in Peru wearing a loaded aguayo
  • Quechua woman in Pisac, Peru, carrying a child in an aguayo
    Quechua woman in Pisac, Peru, carrying a child in an aguayo
  • Quechua woman in Chivay, Peru, carrying wood in an aguayo
    Quechua woman in Chivay, Peru, carrying wood in an aguayo
  • Women wearing aguayos while dancing the Carnavalito in Jujuy, Argentina
    Women wearing aguayos while dancing the Carnavalito in Jujuy, Argentina
  • A Peruvian woman carrying a child in an aguayo
    A Peruvian woman carrying a child in an aguayo

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Real Academia Española. "aguayo". Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b Osborne, Harold (1952). Indians of the Andes: Aymaras and Quechuas. Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 9781136544521.
  3. ^ [http://www.illa- It is often striped, and is made by hand with wool that is hand woven. a.org/cd/diccionarios/LudovicoBertonioMuchosCambios.pdf Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara] Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, a historical dictionary by Ludovico Bertonio (1612)
  4. ^ Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ^ Sotero Ajacopa Pairumani, Léxico textil aymara y quechua desde los saberes locales (in Spanish)
  6. ^ a b c "Quepina (Quepinas, Q'ipina, Queperina)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  7. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (5-vowel-system): Q'epirina ... . Sinón: q'eperina, q'epina.
  8. ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

See also

External links

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