QUECHUA ORAL TRADITION ON CROPS IN AYACUCHO, HUANCAVELICA AND JUNIN, PERU

Taipe Campos N.G.; Taipe Huaraca H.E.; Allccahuaman Chaupin Y. · Dialogo Andino (2023) · DOI: 10.4067/s0719-26812023000200116

Resumen

This paper, through anthropological analysis, studied the oral tradition of crops in the central southern Andean region of Peru. The objectives were to establish the explanation of the tradition on the origin of food, it’s shortage and production limitation, and to reveal that the ritual and agricultural praxis have their antecedents in the myth beliefs of these societies. The investigated subjects were chosen for the indigenous language, traditional agriculture and the provenance and work experience of the researchers in Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and Junín, Peru. The method was ethnographic, with the collection of narratives in Quechua and Spanish. As a result, 37 classified and coded reports were obtained according to the objectives and were the basis for analysis and interpretation. The research concluded, first, the action of the stellar deities and cultural heroes gave rise to plant foods, while the appearance of new varieties is explained by metaphors of dances and mythical journeys of the seeds to the sea. second, according to the mythical thought studied, the shortage, the threat and the productive difficulty due to pests, rocky terrain, the presence of hail, frost and wind, are conditioned by breaks in social rules. third, ritual and social praxis in these cultures is influenced by myth beliefs about the behavior of food, deities, and cultural heroes. © (2023), (Universidad de Tarapaca). All Rights Reserved.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga