Chaper2 Worlds of Sound Energy, weeping and feeding: the background to music ‘One morning on the lon ourey back tthe highlands wih my hos familys Tama hed, dod with sake of maize from he temperate valley, we stopped fora rest, While tke Hlamas unc the couse eu grate four fw at tux nibbled tout broad eans; posting the skin off each tea, before Popping its dels and wot-shaerinal hard Kernel int oar mous, Bean Hunks lay sewn around my fs, bat = ced ith some embarassment there were none vile case tomy companions. Was I being gredy and ‘ating wore than my far shire? Thon T observed Asencio pus 2 hand of "mp hiss ois mse, doaa Asuna, who carefully packed them ay, [romping me to ene what she would do sh these empty husks. It We eave them out ete onthe mouatinsie' she explind, they will wxp ke sandoned babe, They mast he taken home sl pt ote Ceo inthe ot of pao pains da i coated up fo the dog ‘The ie tha hese tiny cmp De husks were safased with humane sovimen, and hat twas our esponsibility to ensure ter destiny an pace inthe oder of things was revelation. I ls ade me shamefully evate of the immense waste in my ow soit, and the gull Fetween our ways of ‘pgoching the worl I ler let tht al food crop ae considered "0 ‘sce (naga) It cated for appre. highighting peoples" emotional ond wih the “product they bring ilo the Wor. Arua reduction vas presened af a complex. shiing and interdependent we of toasts ‘where te wellteing of himans depends upon productive relations with 8 ‘pict of beings including the fod cops they consume ~ whose tes Powerflly express maul dependence. The same verb wage (Wo Ween’) Salo used 10 eter 10 the production of sound by any sia inset; Sounds tat are expivityplyeYo aticlte relation with ters ~ human nd otherwise, wheter serving to conse enchant orig jy. “This chapter serves a an nrdeton snd pide to several key themes in ‘his bok. wil explore te ontology of sound in Kank, san expression ‘of life energy an emotional power, and onside space in pouting and ‘sinning the relations dh ea the very heat of (human) existence and ‘acl Hf This es to lal story about aman origins and. disusion of theo enc group) aterity andthe production of deat Worlds of Sound n Aina Animating ener od eps sp in the sm way humans, was explained, because they ‘Contin anima the animating ally or essence ofall ving thing, wh is {iso found in certain types of rocks. The eth ~ with i body-tke ‘ransformatios, hydraulic movements and winds ~ is abo considered to be fall of onimas re bight celestial Hoes such as the su, mon, tas and Tighening Annu Is expresed as sound, movement. ig, scent and fatoreonance its pesece may be perceived ough any ofthe Sensory ‘ovate Sound seal oie dd its shping in muse may, entin ‘espats, be son 38 shaping fe "The word arin is Quechua bering fom te Spanish imo, whic is typi tanltd into English a "oa spi However, he Kalani {he of he word ami suggests thts a brid concegt wih ots im oth ‘Andean and Europea cultures (Stobart 200:31)- According to Palio, ach fody is endowed with and contains given amount of anit, which Expressed in mpes of three ~ a number wath whic it has a special Assan. This quantity of ann bah denees the character ofthe ody and ‘honl ot change tah the course of ts fe Thus, eased th nen te physically songcr than women bests they hae sk (ental animas Sthereas women pave only tree” Silly, te immense power of che nouns (gu) eae 1 el possession of twelve anima, a namo thet in ritual afferings despachos) fo convey a sense of “abunéanee and Fatimest”(Amstong 198639). The number reve (chunk kay) = tls related to the concept of favo (Sp gloria “Glory, which sometimes ‘manifests iself as right Mises of lah inthe night sky. Like ter celestial odes and phenome, suchas the sin, moon stars and lighning, lay is Comideed particularly powerful sure of anima ~ ss relaionshi 10 ans compared to tht twos father and son, Pshaps efeting this sme tssotation withthe energy of hte colour white also especially tnked thth emma, For example, the white rf of Teatbers ona condor’ ck hat Stans ot aginst ie Bac hoy i fered to sain "With death the energizing nin cosine i the Body i said wo Now out and some ale: a Spanish lon word msarng “sal” and exclusively ‘hocited withthe dead? "The peron's-aeime trnsforms 10 alma8 Masi in he Boivin Andes (avinuttetag arnan taken rung as Wis extremely dangers fora living person to lose anima frm the body, and many ilies. ae IMieted tf Tos or coupon, “Sol ssa well-documented etegoy ‘inns the Andes. where ts asally called sto Ct “ih, den ter’) in Spnish and sted wo wnexpected shock (lralemon & Sharon 1993235-6), In Kalankia, the ow! (gu) and small bin alle the hk (hic esembes tpeshat) were th claimed ote! peopl's ain sd thus considered especially maevolet In particular, the cick eal fhe ‘Hiss binds whieh was sce quite replay around my ost family’s mesa, as diet aso with cuting” or pecking away prion’ ‘nia ro the by: Tn other contexts, sich at when Asencio wat suddenly ten ill and clued following 2 wedding, thi me percussive oh c'k sound as ‘Sscelated with cries and sors: this ese of cersn individuals known tobe in dipute with Atenco’ In hs survey of South American religions, Laveen Suva suggstvely obverse that “Sound is always meaning fn whole. Speech theses that integety by ractring the sound otha he ‘meanings pociled out one yale one word, oe Sentence, or oe spoken Teas (198284). When te dy is viwed as ese fant this ‘Seas ftwcea resonant sounds, whole, mesnigfl nd eaty erally “fe sound ty bell and thse tht ae fractured, impsite o freshorened {comes highly eleven The ei cI of sorerets o the oa bid, with ffs aaceato and percussive ese, and ial velar stop (cy evokes a ‘Sone f acaring outing, abraply silencing the vowel sound. I we think anima as sound tat + asically rchestated fom the body's core, ty ‘teat he imei f this sondanima might tun be undesood a 2 thnge to the iceity ofthe body athe energies tha sma t ‘Musical instruments s bodies of enima The tnk between musical sound and anima was made explicit in a maipiity “mand fees wr fo a sink ey "ple aia senna Sen on nine es a {ie sn ing ell pr (51, Tew ow ce dra Thy te nn freon an of Qu gs ‘os ran Gin 9, Tm Sen cece oe "mn moe ees ey np SeTcamaes nos! mone (99) Ist 10 a he ee Worlds f Sound 2» igre 24 Two Wiss lobular wes wed in ling prac, ‘of conets ands pep best understood though considering the wis, = lobular whistle commonly sed in healing practices (Figure 21), Witla semble hollowed-out oak spples (1-2 em i ameter) and ince stall ttle that may be blown aerws,papipeike, to price a high-pitched ‘ahisting scund: Plog cluned tat wel grow’ on ara Rana in the Warne ae repins of Northern Pots abd are somtimes blow p19 the Nights daring the windy moth of August. They may also be purchased from market sal sping inital gods andar widely sed ital 0 faethe loss or compton a an Pauling aso desebed how will whistles, which ae sia in frm to ‘te brant ata (Spanish bola) sed by sans 10 ell down the mounexn ‘piss hae the power to commnicate with ater people tong the medium SFareams, Il were to sound wil and think of somebody, he expe, this would lead me to appeae in that pesa’s dreams. Even if fr away it England eine, coud stat peron ieisbly towards me trough Sounding a wis He compare his dees of communication fo ha of the telephone despite tomy knowlege having never actaly used one)?0 Music in he Boivin Andes ‘was mad evident fom varias cnversations and their se in curing rita, Tht the containment of anda within a wsda Was elated ots conanment thin a ving (human body (Stobart 2000640). This was free Nishtted when Paling mentioned that the size of the wil shout forrspond to the sizeof the persoa Who owns and sounds it, Ths, be planed, would as an cxpeily large wis case Twas sl. The ‘den he wlll conser of nin and its association with boy sae ‘provides us with some hepfal perspectives on the construction and Performance of musical insttuments, For example, juljula panpipe Comstrction and performance srese the idea of radated sequence of reeepcls conning an where each represents a diferent stage ce moment in the growth of abode wl be argued that this muse and {tessocited dance are nie associat ith ner bol growth and the [polonation of life. By cones the pts of the rans are “full of fold evae the ea of andra emerging fom within the instruments in The same way fron a body, ad ransfeming no alma. Accortingy, the pfommnce ofthese duct te sini associated with oath, but aso regeneration Weeping and feeding: the heat’ of production Weeping (vhether of & potato, infant oF musical instrument) powesily xpress the gardan dependent slaionship necessary for a dependent to fives develop and achive ts potent In arn the very act of “ening” (a js, sgonding to) ach soands, for example by providing fou, comfort ot fue, confers stats, responsibilty and authony on the hea. AS Penny Haney has remake he act of feding i one of the principal means of| ‘resting kinship ond fitting relaonships othe Andes. One makes oneself io anal by sting to produce and fod others nd ino commnity ther by feeging the partsipnts~ spill the musicians and dances — turing ea (19987) Intra and ancestral gains ae see to feed the human community, y ersuting the eproduton oftheir hers nd eps “The recente of such feeding is sometimes made expt trough situa food offerings or sei mechanisms sich a chagu, ayo inka therefor example fond is somtimes given ia rem fr bau But Harvey stm ree =e ttm ies ah “ii ptr fri {eT Meee pena, eles to pion of ip ht my aly a 0 tes an 8 Coes Hun D9 085 4, Gee ORE) asda World of Sound 31 observes that the provision of fod by parents chien, alongside the ‘rnc of esponsibility nd satboritthis ental, i uni-deetiona’ In ‘ner rd “Kinships the sal of having bees fe by ders whom ne as fot fo once does not involv cio” (1998:75)" Wheres fod, bony and responsibliy might be seen 10 pus uni-directional from ‘arian fo dependents, the cries of ffsping or musa insruments hats, “af maybe sen fo move ithe opposite diction ~ wheter expressing ‘est, tess ce youl ener. ‘Sovnd nates this proses through consisting sentiment and Healy Us the energy cr nimating quality (oni) of Living things tec potential ‘Senpesed fom below or within (pecially tom th sag ese or ine et to produce” prilar ends. For example young pple ate stl 10 be Snug possessing het rsp tay thats hough Be los 010 ‘Syrup in altho. They tel slong, whit might be ell the "youth putas" connected Wit) sowie prdicrion, growih and acumaton of Energies denved tom other. In tum, guaruans pss along the “al frayed with sonic reception and the ekculation and dsipaton of regis through Yeoing cies. Fem this perspective production a he srvkings of sci a he cons ar in of dua interdependent system Oni one hand, nmatre, unpredictable and demanding dependents whose angst, dese, anger and energy are expecially vividly expesed hugh Sound bing ener. tansormation, enchantment jy snl consolation. They Ihe fatten which hs eto Be raced” and ade visible. On the ‘ther hand, mre guurdia/ancestos, associated. with Hearing. and ‘Compassion provide material sstsnance,wabiy, moral values, contol and foi. Tey ae ted with pastes which hs been produced and nade ve This imagery evokes Te Wea of 4 word tht isi constant {Cosion with ite an ontological tension on which is very exisence and omni foundes ‘ema pro ol oii ib inept tm beep sv terete nfm ea eo ie2 Music in he Bolivian Andes (tebindture) (i romps) ken (poeta) revealed (produce!) Dependents oping) ~ cryingvitalty Guardians (paren) eedingsabiiy ‘outny (adattiood) “To appreciate such ideas it so necessary te ava of how the aural ad ‘nu senses are expressed in Quechua and Aymara time-space terminology ‘Brac & Ypia1981-Giford 1986), nbs anguages the visible seated torcoming fst (cfr) being in foto aca an the ps. In conastthe fu es behindtter, somes ater nx nisl. The Quechua Aap a ‘Aymara maya fer to events inthe Pst and © space stated in ron of ex ‘Thr consepl elas ovis and scorn to the words frye" Que fos Ayen, nya), Te Quechua and Aymara hipaa ghepa) refers 1 us itu behind ego aa tft” vers or those that come ‘ater Tom human perceptual perspective, he eas ae sited athe bowery tutwoon the escnly sul andar realns: this ry also be seen t0 ‘Sefne the point a which the pst abd future mect (Figure 22) The preset ‘hit thus perhaps be seen tobe represented by auton o hearing, To hea sto exist tpi pace and mooent in time the coming toast (ofthe eretve, undefined att sal fue and he fabric of the vse pst Ringing rocks and roosters sound, cosmology and production ‘People in Kalankira pul invoke this same dua ontological tension in Sores about cont tween god lusnnchis god of us land the devi Ciupey: yt frm diablo. Goo. identified with the sum and is closely ‘Seto wit “hearing and owishing bi chile, moral as, revelation the visible sper af the pst (be comes in font of ae, The devil by ‘ese is connected with penta ~ that which has yet be produced ot reveled (coming behind a ar) ~ and darkness. He is contained within the Tamer earth Kept down and in place through he constant ‘ramping’ f 208s ‘ins presence reveal hy the voices of wld creatures (has), The tame ofthese wild centres were considered onamatopocc thei ames re Tera their sounds (CD tack 39). This sone fous ofthe wild rere of the dev’ inner (ath) sphere Was expicly contrasted wih the visu cea in iin igo olf ng he Spi ow nb etn penne steht al Sse Word of Sound 3 (val ein) VISUAL, (in front, past, before) Nawpa ral axis —| afia det) igh) Qhipa (behind, future, follows) AURAL (atentsoend) Figure 22 Quechua time-space terminlogy andthe sural as associations ofthe domestic anima f “gs ie” amines lar), which tne principally mame accoeding to the colors of hr lees (Foes 1986: 1a, “Te devil accurate resources, espe water (tis metaphorically linked to sound, which he refs to share with thers (god's chlden). His restos with gots in constant tension and fu, shiing wth the seasonal "eration beween the power of ight (od) and darkness (ev, This dd ‘elton and is connection with sound and Hahtare vividly expressed ina Slory tol by Asencio explin the erin ofthe bell stones (rut amp) ‘On Kanga hil few minutes wall sbove Pata Kank, Like vera thet Individals, Asencio saocned the divaon of the mame “Kalani {Caoguia) withthe be ke alan lan sound emined by these rocks tien stock with sll stone (Figure 23, CD tack 38). The ining rocks ‘Sho sound oftheir own acon on sights wih fll moon Gi) ce dark of {he moon (ran), fl, when they awaken’ and walk aroun tees ‘wither tok soc sills and sami, wer ot ike ming Hamas or Pulls and ae tinked with cate reduction. ASeei eae the origin ofthe Tell sones tn a-wager betwoun god and supay (devi), represented ‘syectvelyby blak and ed rosters It was ange that when god sent op4 Masi in he Boivin Andes the sun the owner ofthe fis cocker! crow would be the winner, bette omer would suddenly disper tv” and be tansormed 9 stone. the ory. pods Mack cockers! crowed fst and Wight then spay entered inside the sone and Became that bel, Ge ad won" AsiPby chan, a pew word fer an created wih gst ling the Vise extra sphere and spay (Cdevi) theinvsble or dar ier on. ‘Acncio' ale highlights bow the bell stowes" resonance and ability 10 sound of ter ova second is Hoke to poy’ alated presence win indeed these rocks were elm 0 coms an in just he same way 8 Heng bie. But in contra! ocr ving boos ata ad ansform 1 Cor thes hard rocks ain thei, act as merase landscape, ‘nce people bck tothe enchanted epoch when the cuet wont was ‘ugh ft being, Unlike Gd, whose Black cockere rowed is is sound {Tssptng), spay’ cocker fle to crow and heey Ferman stoed 5 Soni potential. Many months ae, Asencio invoked this same sonic potential imitation for stare any seson gute Ua een prcased. As we nk he exclaimed eke te era own eco Discussing ti later he explained tht spe’ ed cockerel would make my ava sound well, but not go blsk one. nthe same way 38 spay is pened in Kalan’ Bell topos, be abserved, the rd cocker ofthe tation encased ina rock cse to the village of Chaka, athe ming ton of Colgucchaka (Map 3) This sieges Ha its poe co row emans Soved up as anim within the ock, acting a8 resoues that may be awoke Toenhane he sound of musica insiaments. deed he practice of sacrificing ‘Cred coekere a piling litle blo on sia! iestaments in err to nmppove tet sou quali widespread in the Bolivian Anes. "Rrcai's sory ofthe bel stones eps us appreciate why people invoke the red ochre and the demon ores of he eer earth as the ceive sours ft powerfal new musical sounds and meleies, which beak material 7 Sip Haan ot nn ap tan Tall jw ahr Charl oti nai Gl ga tm salen goer ™ ‘Sh hme rons Ps tant i Soiree a eb ans Mr ‘Gps INDICE 4s me obama acer ‘Soperlanae World of Sound 3s Vigare 23 Asencio Jara andthe author paying a bl stone o Kanga ill protons, sich as potato harvest. Alihough supeiingly fom an orto Cao views tld thatthe devil ype) ans ino god ~ aif he two are one and the same bys deer phase in sie eel South and lho) —the fst connect with growth nd accuulation andthe second wth nourishing eter In other wots, te dvi i onproductive” as fra Taher ae concemed, whereas go embodies Ihe aptiesis of vitry of ‘dton’ (a pont made expecially clea in Chaps 7 an 9). Yt the Abs ins very tendency to acute ener a the expense of thers — ‘modi roductive potenti whist gos energies ae cieusted ad ‘ingle All devils ate considered q'iwa, # word used to describe a thin “unproducie te sound ~ saggestve of weeping or wailing ~ and also srl to individuals who ar mean, selish or cowardly, o smal ehilren ‘who whinge andl uonscesaly. Poople dabhod qe accumulate ‘Rsoure orth vm personal ene jets east mae amas (a) ow fot whereas their sd coups Yeman thine enepis dete fo repmauction. The word cares « multipiciy of negative comotaions Whee lack of produto’ and cultural disooace merge one. Qa6 Musi in he Bolivian Andes msc inbre scontaste wih tat far, whichis wien an eh — that Tenghly proactive Tare nt nly means “haronions but is so appli to red things tha ae productive tough thei eiprocaion; sch as the Taig couple atthe beat ofa procte fay wit this sense ari ‘house ofthe lec! Quechua concept of onan, Which is appli to pared things which belong together, such av arms, eyes or paired ritual raking Tee and which, scorn o Pity be srl tasted ‘helper and Teipe united to frm a unig category” (1986249): Ta also evokes bth teense of sex cline an death rat, af reaching the peak of “yout fates or even fe ef before embarking on the pway ofthe ances [urdans, The ivecation, on the one hand of persona accumulation 3s ‘Fa, anon the oe of flee and eulaton fr the benefit of hers as vernal sce to undersrite many load wnderstandng of relationships and toc organization, nde, Ivsh wo sogzest hat the categories of tra and "Powe, ich re peshaps mos vividly presented and juxtaposed in mesial fovirmance, are of ere inporance to understinding conceptions of auton in Kania ~ and snay have comiorable wie elevance tthe Sty of provacion n the Anes" ‘Balancing and consolation ringing are await tne o equ with one another in musica performance often wc a immense calenge, Not only dos this eer {othe prevtcal problems of aig wo pink Hues, psbed ih apa toga, but more genelly of tinging q's tendency for penonal cumulation into dialogue or felation with tars association with pct The challenge ito math dependents lrg) with gains {frre inode to inte the an-destional fod process wheshy nap is ceaed an if giving sbstances pass fom ene generation the non this cones, te notions ars and ga ey wsfally be seen 50 huemes, sesing respectively the inition of ie (infancy) and is Sfbonas (eatumariage, when accmolted eneges ae released. These ‘as no only sess the danger extremes of if is beginning and end ~ ‘ut aso Righight dijunction, diference and Mercy the comtas in cncraton, size ower, kaosledge al age beoween newly created and fly fated bodes, Tis disjunction and dachroni dflrence His atthe very Feat of generating produce relations, powerfully expressed in the weeping fd feeding resinship~ an, 5 we shall sec i hosly connected wit the ray growing season "shez on a np a i fie en ea ly ‘CTR en erie fe oc oo ah, hi coms Sv lit se are Worlds of Sound ” ‘As offering grow, become stonger and acquire independence thir res raduily love the power to provoke compassion abl the provision of ourishment, Young humans ear o shape these cies into speech and msi, thing these instead of wosping to achive thei nods an ess. Akos Stil emotionally powerful, youthful voles and musieal expressions must ‘ncteasngly be accompanied by angle cortbutions wo the fay’s material ‘roction, such epasturing animals and abouring i he Hels. Gradually, {ryote develo, thir foes moves aay ram dependence independence, ‘whore the provision of gene Recomes asecat withthe elect of nual exchanges, Te disjunction and uni-directional low of nourishment trons the geeratons gradually beoomes balanced out and difference is ‘lwnplayed: Dual reltonhis in mosicTor example betwee paired ajuda Panpipes) are instead characterized as “le (hag) an "younger" (ult) troters. The dixjnction between generations (death and bith ~ 36 lies trees) is mgatod ighlighing instead ideas of perpetual eink with {he accumulation of fst — achieved though ‘balan and reeprocal trchinges. Te exchanges between bathers presented in ters of perfect ‘ulin’ (pur lang, bat degree of Merry is always present — ined its etal generating exchange and the ow of energies. AS we Sha sce, these ies of balincng, where cies actos the geneaion BP — from offspring dependents to mature guardians ~ ate wasformed to “enquiir” and exchanges between ncrpendent age mies, ae clasly soit with he dey inter months Tha king of vested bierrchy of nurtcing, humans are responsible forthe welling of thei foodcrope and domestic sal, ult humans for thei ‘hildren, an the spit guardians fr be human commit. Indeed, sprit lpvarians ae verted as tote Cather’) and mamas Cede) and in owes, when these eins peak oer human charges, thy refer othe 3 wows eileen’ Tig. waa (olfpringhildren”)tatawnamasTathers’Pimothers) Food eope mans man babi man parents human commanity spi aurdians In tis ste ierachy, awa express heir elatonship other espestive tats or mamas tough sound Inthe human comrounty tis takes the or ff festive music, which in Kalankiea Ie widely refered «0 a6 kins (Consolation Tis mac Is inended to animate and ang ler (oy “rersiment) tothe spirit goarans, 1 as tad, wo console the for thet Series. Sometimes the fehl of this Kunrvla were specified s the ‘pirians or sunt remembered n particular fas, totes no specifi ins were invoked Ie atale that priealiy youn pope on the8 Musi he Bolivian Andes south pay” connected wih url expression growth and accumulation lm are expeced wo provide luni (ggesng tat communi ats and ers els, in pat, recipient). Thus, though the process of human ‘Staton the power and dmandng eves of young helpless dependents tre paul transient mesial expesion f consolation Pacha tne an teanstormation During majpe fea, it wat often sessed that young people ms pay mola (conslacn’) cosnuowsly On several cecsions, when sens Crporerly eased elf ding 4 feast, witessed eles angrily insist thatthe musicians fesime paying and continee dancing ~ despite being Sos ton etisted ond intieted to tad This sese of sensory satation ‘orig fants conse vividly withthe austerity of dally Fe, when mest poopie rely encounter snc, of consume meat or alcohol (Stobart Soba), As inmaty other pr te high Andes, the verheling dally impression of Kalnkir's soundscapes of sce, who sounds lost ee to beawalloed bythe immensity the open, tarren and eles landseape, Constance Classen siggest ht the emptass placed on sound by Andean people maybe a way for compensating forthe since and the vst empty Fes of thei highland envionment (1991282). To imerpret the dynamic future of mach rural music of the high Andes as a form of scoustic ‘ompensaton woul be unduly functionalist, ut the preference fer stong and fal sous is skin For the mow ptt musical aesthtie is fr sient Su hghptched women's ves tbr, oad and piecing metal charango ‘Sings and regis tha exploit the upper annonce of wind instruments Blowing a fliegen, n exer to produce a sot, mellow and low-pched imine woul be alm thinkable forthe peopl of Kalani, who end 10 ti for sounds tha are dens, hose, vibrant fs. fh as if Kalani’ fete epost sensory reversal or « paca ‘consid taming) wher the abu sence and use is replaced by Pepe sound abundant fo andl copious lcobel~ transforming the hale. End its ihabtnts invoking forms, pats and trajectories, Pachak Flt Kien in Andean ehaoprphy aed ethnohisor and is purtiulaly ‘oocied wih tanafomation front ane order or epoch rip) to anther, ‘has the cataclysm tht mark the end af primordial epoch ofthe chal fd test of the present perio of culture and ade 6 below) ap oh oe eh tt et World of Sound »” Such reversals are commonly ascclaed with, or atibuted 0, tbe ageney cof musical sound, For example, according 1 the eal chronicle Martin de Maria daring his vig then nea king uw tan appear ona mountain puss mat Cisco dasa in eda caying conch shell amps. The king ‘Pome himself te mame Pac Tne tro¥ph persuading the man no Sound his tunpe, and thereby voiding an un pachakat (apocalypse by Spates) Zuidems 1985-15-17, Alen 188-8) Catherine Allen ates myth Thom Songo Pern which aman rounded a (Conc sel teumpet easing pov plague pis ipa) and eer ofthe social nr domestic animals [Ie humans, sn people consumed ther eile instead of mrtuting them (198898), Simla, in Kalani, Asencio one sounded a puna (ober trumped daring lnarecipe to revive the moon, which Twas tld had come il (angus). twat anaed y the contagious aor thatthe eclipse Inspred, ith much walling from women and chiden alongside strange tancartly noises from He chickens. Lage sees of ded grass om the hills were set alight, and dozens of sicks of dynamite explo. If he mnoon were to ic, 1 wis Told, te “ath would ten inside oa (mand Tvokanen) wer wo mere from win to submerge its surface and we ‘woul al pss highly reminiscent of Moras une pachab (cataclysm by Tne) These examples highlight how though Andean bisory musical sound Tus conned tobe enti withthe ariclation of shits between dint Sto temporal ones, aswell a wit iafluecing hydra processes, 50 ‘clei in the igh Andes aid ensronment. Rater than serving a a accompsnimentoprodctve ass, 8 do “work songs", music in Kalki nay be seen to operate a move cosmological evel as 4 meas to tansform time Gd sce) and to orchestrate cycles of ‘odbeton "Inds, we might thik ofthe “musical Year” asa fe ele, ‘which bepine following Camial (February/March): 2 single integrated erfornance that yess and eeativsy articulates the eels of potatos, Thesandman as wel the an, ron ad seasons" Fis anal eyle ff imisie is punctted by pachalar-ike moments of radial change ot ‘ever fom one moerent (pss in deelopmest isrument ene 0 he teat Kalan’ nflding musical year these shifts sometimes take the form of tal wansons alld kacharpaya (despatches), People frequently ‘Somaced these moments of aa transformation o warsiion, fom one temporal ode othe nea, with the mi atclysn tat rough the known ‘eel and moral human rae) i existence 7 Ssh ny of mt a Car, he Tress. Tey pth Songun Amaroni Ss eto ag (87140),” Music in the Boivin Andes “The coming of mans rua) “The welFknown soy ofthe coming of humans (una, repre in many parts the Anges, ws fs recone ome in Kalani. According to Aseni's oro, the cath was formerly inabted by 2 prehuran race called the “hulp wo wete unable speak and ved in halls (gr) it ony by “tothertnon, our me the Hist Mary” (Ella ama, mamanchis Moro na). The cat's soil wa f(a laps) and fan he somes buried dep inside. Don Adan Char, the oldest mani he dst, refered {oth primonilepcn ofthe hla as om inp or time of ene”. The ‘wor ame high coma ooh Quechua and Aymara ot only refer 0 iene speech or meitaion, but als othe ba of a lower = iti an ‘expe llence and suggests thoughts ured in memory” “Tis primordial period of silence’ ended when the ijn ign’ o earth smother) eave bin the sun, gd the Holy Falher As erse up te culpa ‘ree was rested, lly bump ust ike oiled potatoes, nthe words of Asencio: ey ce ser dee in SEsCTzcn per bens tronpou he worl Ae it teyne pod non. S0 vite agreed sol ci omen ne nh tna hg se eae ups nnt he Ta wea ddd hi” Aseci tod mht had gx ost his fight wih supay~as the word was ing ‘Sought into Being — tbe cath woud have been populated by spay. The ‘erent world order an hierarchy, n which god comes ist and is associated ‘threveltion ad the vis pete and spy comes ater ands inked with Containment, darkness and aural exression, would be reversed "Th voles and burning catcysmf the sun's ith signalled the eno the soft and silent pmol er ofthe calla and announced the sa ofthe Inks epoch Gk inp). In Kalani tee ofthe “inks King’ an of the em mic no my sas fn ae ‘Sher ya (Qt woh tes recente nh oe seminoma est man po ot tee ey chy rig i mnt cay om, Tin son mt nen anata ran or Sp Eset sar a tet an en as sa eg Se soto arches yb ns pays en may Aastha jp ae sae 1 Chas aac ‘at World of Sound a is eligened humans (rama) ws so refered 13s inka tnp ime of enchunument) and ini tin (tie of resiesses because Tors stil Temmained fii ambiguous and undetermined In hie “soe time” Cnt inp), its also known, wid animals ira sch a the condor, fr, Porridge and tod oly trnsfonne ato humans, wast for example pass {nich became ook. "The inka king, who appears tobe thought of sa common ancestor (rather than elt dts tothe historical Inks), ina o have taught people how to speak and to play musical lastuments. 1 was told tha these same tnsruments fil payed o his day and that people ceive to psoas his Customs and dances | encountered consierble sense of nostalgia for he nk’ enchanted epoch when people were relly topeter “Teka dn items the Ik. wae wit, ols. Then aft ta interne ny go te orn Morand eth op mals aa ‘Suara jt eae mas romped dow eo The a oon the int cpck thew al en ih he a and he wd ainsi ian fer nee ap arn ho {he dan pine se ye patie war oman the a0 ‘Som: ths onder wars man dcr gio ack Most people were fit vague about wha happened following the death of the Inka and the somcwhatsurpesing birt of god, Sometimes, usualy following my sggetions, Io tld abot the Spanish’ (spans buts fa sx mast people wore coserned the sry ends wth he deth ofthe Ink and the multiplication ofthe population. The erica pat ofthe soy, in every ‘Sling was the cally transit fom the sent moon epoch of he ‘hla ancestors tote Chita ole age, whick seceding to Tstan Plat ‘na say of hldbith practies in the Macha region compared with he ‘eauma of human bith (2002128, 136). This analogy powerfully evokes the ‘tanstonfromexpectn silence o sound asthe inf’ demanding cies for ‘Sonor and nourshment, Plat chireterzs the human foetus, thin He motors womb as agressive and voracious: sf the Wom is posesed by sll devi and bn ise is iene table (2002:132). This eserbles ‘Acecio's description of g's ale ad dfeut of he devi tr the visa" (aso term fo elds) had sven beth othe sun ~as i ringing the hil into the solar Chrsian rem. In tur, the soslgie epoch of enchantment retest and trnsformatons ofthe Inka king, nd is teaching of speech, ‘music and dane, are stikngly redolent of urn loo. 2 la ata Ich ys Rn yin cay ag estar ta so ey a a haa nape oF ‘Srl aa a ap sah pt rm a eu pth Bros omg ss Pm opr apna Sete fanart eh oe taney