Kuyayky’s story began in the 1970’s when Jose Hurtado Zamudio, a university professor and musicologist, married educator and singer Edda Bonilla Peña (of the Conjunto Alma Jaujina). Deeply committed to fostering the arts and culture in Peru, Jose and Edda embarked their efforts on forming choirs and musical groups throughout Peru’s central region. Continue reading...
Our hometown in the Andes of Jauja is celebrating 491 years since the first Spanish colonizers founded the city. As we commemorate this occasion we also reflect on our history as Xauxas, a millenary cultural legacy that continues to live on in many facets of our existence; in our dances, in our music, in our diets and medicinal science... We are living history, a living culture that continues to adapt, include, resist, and create. #Jauja#YoSoyXauxa#kuyaykychildrensorchestra
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"Adiós Negrita"- José Bonilla Monge, "Cielito Azul Turquí"- música de José Hurtado Zamudio letra de Julia Martínez, "Kashuas"- tradicional, "La Jija de Jauja"- tradicional. "Paloma Ingrata"- Chito Bonilla Peña.
-Kuyayky, agrupación que celebra las tradiciones musicales de nuestra tierra, se presenta en el histórico Salón Mural de los Misioneros Franciscanos del Conv...
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"Adiós Negrita"- José Bonilla Monge, "Cielito Azul Turquí"- música de José Hurtado Zamudio letra de Julia Martínez, "Kashuas"- tradicional, "La Jija de Jauja"- tradicional. "Paloma Ingrata"- Chito Bonilla Peña.
-Kuyayky, agrupación que celebra las tradiciones musicales de nuestra tierra, se presenta en el histórico Salón Mural de los Misioneros Franciscanos del Conv...
Textiles in the Andes have recorded our past, our present and philosophically also our conceptualization of the future. The chronicles tell us how the finest textiles and regalia were worth more than gold...Today we continue to honor these pacha in our creative endeavors. Here our @titunkas Mariluz Hurtado with one of her own creations. She has been our leading designer since we started.
