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Posts by Jessie M. Vallejo
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Kichwa Otavalan Communities in Ecuador Wrestle with the PandemicIn 2020, the pandemic altered plans for Inti Raymi, the Great Day-Sun Festival, celebrated during the June solstice in Otavalo.
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Comunidades Kichwa Otavaleñas en el Ecuador Luchan con la PandemiaEl Inti Raymi es el festival grande del sol y ocurre durante el solsticio vernal en junio. Este año sería drásticamente diferente.
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Ecuador Mama Llaktapi, Otavalo Runa Ayllullaktakuna Pandemia Llakichikukpi Imatalla Ruranakushkamanta27 puncha Panchi killa 2020 watapimi, COVID -19 unkuy Ecuador mama llaktaman chayashkata willachirka, chayka pusak horasta Otavalomanta rishpa, mama kucha manyapi tiyak Guayaquil kitipimi karka.
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The Cultural Toll of the Cholera Epidemic in Otavalo, EcuadorFor centuries, the flute music of Otavalo weathered sociopolitical, economic, and religious changes, but it nearly disappeared after the 1990s.
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Intergalactic Pachamama: Kichwa Cosmology vs. Western AstrophysicsWhat common patterns can an ethnomusicologist and an astrophysicist find in their respective work? More than you might think.
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