Sunday, December 02, 2007

hope-esperanza

Breaking News 12:34 AM ET:
President Hugo Chávez Admits Defeat on Constitutional Referendum

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Monday, August 20, 2007

Golpe de Fujimori

Y pensar que this changed my life...dictador de m

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Monday, May 21, 2007

La Huaconada de Mito

My grandmother's family came from Mito to Jauja- I would love to take a trip to this festival one day ;)

Yauyos Jauja Capital de la Tunantada

El picaflor de los Andes- en el 20 de Enero.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Monday, April 23, 2007

el mosco


at this point it is clear-that it will be impossible to sleep tonight- mosco de m.

Monday, April 09, 2007

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

lost knowledge

my mom was just discussing this the other day, de esto - the lack of communication between generations today- and of how much knowledge we lose because of this..

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Marinera Limeña

One of the best recordings I've ever heard from this genre...


Tuesday, March 20, 2007

cumanana

"Para bailar tondero netamente de Morropon
Tiene que haber primero un repique en el cajon..."

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Marinera

took forever to upload this, but finally made it-

Friday, March 02, 2007

...a buscar tondero que bailar al amanecer

I'm a huge fan of la marinera, but i can't deny that I have a definite weakspot for el tondero...

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

paper y el tio

I am in the midst of writing a paper for my graduate class on hegemony and U.S. imperialism...pero se me viene a la mente el tio Hugo Orellana, the last time I saw him I remember telling him about wikipedia and his excitement over it, he asked me to write down the web address for him on a piece of paper so he could make sure to visit the site on his next trip to the city- he wanted to add all of his knowledge to the public domain, and was also so worried about us (Yina and myself) documenting his artwork by taking digital pictures of all of his works :( ...it took me a while tio, but I've made sure you are there- and as for the rest here's a sample of your amazing work...