By Jorge Recharte, 1993.

Glossary

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Anchanchu:

Spiritual being who is said to be the owner of gold; also known as Tío Juan or Juaniquillo.

Ayllu:

corporate landholding group.

Cacique:

colonial Indian ruler of a political group. Name given by Spaniards to kurakas (see below).

Campesino:

peasant. Term of self-address used by Cuyo Cuyeños.

Chakra:

Agricultural field, either on a terrace or hill.

Chuncho:

name given by Quechua speaking groups to native Amazonian people.

Ch'uñu:

Dehydrated potatoes.

Comunero:

Male and female adults registered as members in a community.

Cordillera:

same as puna.

Corregimiento:

colonial district.

Encomienda:

Colonial trusteeship of Indians.

Indio:

term used widely in rural Peru until the 1960s. Native Andean people addressed themselves as such. I use the term in this historically specific sense.

Kallawaya:

Inka province and name of a group of itinerant medicine men from Charazani (Curva ayllu) in Bolivia.

Kuraka:

Andean Lord (see cacique)

Manda:

Agricultural land in the common fields.

Misti:

Indian name for a member of the local elite in rural Peru, particularly in Indian towns.

Mitmaq:

a person who was transplanted or relocated by the state during the Inka period (mitmaqkuna: plural). A colonizer.

Mayordomo:

Custodian of the community church; part of the system of religious sponsorship.

Montaña:

tropical foothills of the Andes. The region of the coca leaf and tropical fruits are grown (see Yunka).

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Puli:

Name of a native dance from Cuyo Cuyo

Puna:

High-altitude grasslands used mostly to herd llamas, alpacas, and sheep.

Reducciones:

Viceroy Toledo's (1569) resettlement program in which native people were clustered into nucleated towns in the valleys.

Yunka:

(see montaña).