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The Aymara or Aimara (Aymara: aymara listen ) people are an indigenous nation in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America; about 2 million live in Bolivia, Peru and Chile. Their ancestors lived in the region for many centuries before becoming a subject people of the Inca in the late 15th or early 16th century, and later of the Spanish in the 16th century. With the Spanish American Wars of Independence (1810–25), the Aymaras became subjects of the new nations of Bolivia and Peru. After the War of the Pacific (1879–83), Chile acquired territory occupied by the Aymaras.
Archeologists have found evidence that the Aymaras have occupied the Andes, in what is now western Bolivia, southern Peru and northern Chile, for at least 800 years (or more than 5,000 years, according to some estimates, but it is more likely that they are descended from preceding cultures). Their origin is a matter of scientific dispute. The region where Tiwanaku and the modern Aymaras are located, the Altiplano, was conquered by the Incas under Huayna Capac (reign 1483–1523), although the exact date of this takeover is unknown. It is most likely that the Inca had a strong influence over the Aymara region for some time. At the same time, the architecture for which the Inca are now known appears to have been influenced by the older Tiwanaku style. Though conquered by the Inca, the Aymaras retained some degree of autonomy under the empire.
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Hundreds of Bolivians, mostly Aymara indigenous people, bought on Friday tiny replicas of things they would like to one day own at the opening day of the Alasitas Fair in the capital La Paz. Although the Fair goes on for two weeks, the 24th of January is considered the main day for buying the miniatures. Fair attendees believe that if they buy miniature objects of what they want and hang them on an effigy of an Ekeko, the Aymaran God of Wealth, this will help their wishes come true. Fair vendors fill thousands of tents with little cars, houses, kitchen appliances, dollar bills and other items and statues. With miniatures in hand, the hopeful also buy statues of Ekeko. Ekeko, they pray, will make the trinkets grow to full-size in the coming year. "Always, each year, whatever we buy...
Recorded in Cebu, Philippines. Aymara is spoken by nearly 3 million people in the Andean nation of Bolivia, where it is co-official alongside Quechua and Spanish, as well as in parts of Chile and Peru, where it is regionally recognized. It is the eponymous member of the Aymaran language family, which consists of only one other language, Jaqaru, spoken in central Peru. In recent decades, there has been an increase in the production Aymara-language media, including the Wikipidiya Amar aru, and the Aymara edition of Global Voices Online. Read more on Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/1N9J4z1.
Aymara indigenous people gather to pray the spirits for rain in El Alto, Bolivia, as the country is hit by its worst drought to date.
Cultura Aymara: ANDES NEW YEAR. Aymara or Jaqis (people) who live in the vicinity of the Titikaka Lake (titiqaqa = grey puma) preserve in their memory some rituals which were first forbidden and then despised. In the present time some traditions are rising out from the underground like machaq mara - worship the sun for its return in the annual cycle. This celebration represents two millions of Aymaras spread over Perú, Bolivia and Chile not counted those who live in other parts of the world. En los Andes, entre Ollaraya y Unicachi, cerca de Yunguyo, Copacabana, Tiwanaku, al Lago Titicaca (Titiqaqa=Puma gris)se realiza la Fiesta al Sol: Machaqmara. Invocamos a Wiraqocha y Apus su retorno para asegurar el ciclo vital de nuestras existencias. Mundo Aymara, Machaq Mara, Titikaka Lake, Lago Ti...
Video ID: 20141012-035 W/S Polling station C/U Ballot box C/U Ballot C/U Voter (in Spanish) saying "I always vote for Evo [Morales]. I feel that he is like me." M/S People voting C/U Filling out ballot M/S Aymara woman and child C/U Man stamping fingerprints M/S Poll watchers M/S Man walking inside polling station M/S Person watching polling station entrance W/S Aymara woman exiting polling station M/S Aymara woman casting vote M/S People near ballot box W/S Aymara family leaving polling station C/U Poll watcher M/S People at polling station W/S People at polling station C/U Ballot box W/S Polling station entrance W/S Indigenous woman walking down street SCRIPT Around six million Bolivians headed to the polls Sunday, including those residing in the Andean town of Patamanta. The country'...
A little bit of wind and birds singing add to the music. Perhaps music that one could hear drifting through the forest. You can almost hear drums beating in the background.
The Uros are a people who live on forty-two self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. This video was recorded in Peru on my mission to visit 100 countries and speak 10 languages before my thirties. If you like this video, or if you'd like to see more like this, please click Thumbs Up and share this video on Facebook! Also don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE for more FREE language videos! More about us: http://languageboost.biz Sign up and get our Free eBook ‘’5 Steps to reach Fluency in Record Time: http://languageboost.biz/sign-up/ If you like this video, or if you'd like to see more like this, please click Thumbs Up and share this video on Facebook! Also don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE for more FREE language videos! More about us: http://languageboost.biz
In-depth reports and analysis from our extensive network of correspondents throughout the region on the most important developments in Latin America. Today's program takes a look at Radio San Gabriel, which broadcasts from El Alto, the cultural capital of Aymara indigenous culture. Founded in 1955, Radio San Gabriel, "the voice of the Aymara people" and the most widely listened to radio station in the Aymara language, also offers its listeners more than 30 programs designed for and at the service of the indigenous communities and enables these communities to communicate with each other over its airwaves. teleSUR http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/inside-the-americas-323397/