Across the Andes . THE MUSIC OF THE AYMARAS 295 This song is also popular with the Cholos—the half-breeds. They hate the whites, andsing it with either Spanish or Aymara wordsof foul denunciation. In Sorata one time theymarched past below my window, singing it formy benefit. Between verses they cursed the gringos in vulgar Spanish. It was in this same village of Sorata that Iwas present at its greatest Indian fiesta. It isthe fiesta of the harvest and generally lasts foran entire week. The mission padre pronouncesit the feast of Todos Santos, but to the Indiansthat is a matter of indifference.
Across the Andes . THE MUSIC OF THE AYMARAS 295 This song is also popular with the Cholos—the half-breeds. They hate the whites, andsing it with either Spanish or Aymara wordsof foul denunciation. In Sorata one time theymarched past below my window, singing it formy benefit. Between verses they cursed the gringos in vulgar Spanish. It was in this same village of Sorata that Iwas present at its greatest Indian fiesta. It isthe fiesta of the harvest and generally lasts foran entire week. The mission padre pronouncesit the feast of Todos Santos, but to the Indiansthat is a matter of indifference. The maize andthe choque (potatoes) have been gathered,and the chalona (frozen mutton) preparedfor the ensuing season; the year has ended; it isthe fiesta of the harvest. They go to confessionon the morning of the first day, but the re-mainder is spent in their own customs. The little parties organized themselves afterthe early-morning visit to the dobe church andparaded with their odd trotting dance-stepsthrough
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