Sarawja, Aimara music and dance of Moquegua (Peru)
Nomination: Representative List 2025
EN: The Sarawja is performed by circle-dance groups known as 'ruedas' because the choreography includes movement in parallel rows or concentric circles. It's composed of married couples and people tied in with the through friedenship and godfathering relationships
EN: During the holidays, the 'ruedas' visit each other from village to village, performing Sarawja. The music and dance of Sarawja strngthens the Aimara identity and promotes the social integration of the communities of Ticsani and san Felipe valleys
EN: During the holidays, the 'ruedas' visit each other from village to village. The hosts receive visitors offering them farming products and dishes prepared with local produce, in a celebration of the life cycle and the agricultural cycle
EN: Each 'rueda' has its own male and women costume and add some details that make them different to each other
EN: The women's costume is very colorful and presents different garments produced in the communities of Ticsani and San Felipe valleys. Like the headdress with different flowers, 'llicalls' (handwoven shoulder cloth), clothing ornaments made of silver
EN: The costume of women stands out for the anaco, a pre-Hispanic garment
EN: Sarawja singer from Cuchumba district performs songs siung in Aimara and Spanish languages
EN: Men played string instruments named 'charango' or 'guitarrilla'. Each instrument with up to 24 metalic strings and a varoiable size. The music is accompanied by whistling and stromping. Musicans waer a whit shirt, a black vest and a hat
EN: The bearers are Aimara people of different ages gather in 'ruedas'. The set of knowledges is traditionally transmitted mainly within the family circle, in the festive context of the Sarawja through the practice within the 'ruedas'
EN: The Charango de Oro Festival was created in 1999 with the purpose of promoting the Sarawha within the bearers and encouraging the creativity in the compostion of songs and melodies of Sarawja. The 'ruedas' compete with each other
