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Traditional awayus of different types and colors for sale at a crafts store in La Paz, Bolivia.

The aguayo (hispanicized spelling of awayu, Aymara for diaper and for a woven blanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back,[1][2][3]),[4] q'ipirina or q'ipina (Quechua q'ipi bundle, -na a suffix, [5][6] hispanicized spellings quepina, queperina, quepirina, quipirina) is a rectangular carrying cloth used in traditional communities in the Andes region of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Aymara and Quechua people use it to carry small children or all kinds of items in it on their backs. It is similar to a lliklla and sometimes regarded as a sinonym[7] but larger and knotted at the front. The awayus typically feature colorful stripes intercalated with rhombuses and other figures with symbolic values.

The aguayo is mostly associated with Aymara and Quechua culture but is not exclusive to them.

  • Quechua woman in Peru wearing a loaded q'ipirina
    Quechua woman in Peru wearing a loaded q'ipirina
  • Quechua woman in Pisac, Peru, carrying a child in a q'ipirina
    Quechua woman in Pisac, Peru, carrying a child in a q'ipirina
  • Quechua woman in Chivay, Peru, carrying wood in a q'ipirina
    Quechua woman in Chivay, Peru, carrying wood in a q'ipirina
  • Women wearing awayus while dancing the Carnavalito in Jujuy, Argentina
    Women wearing awayus while dancing the Carnavalito in Jujuy, Argentina
  • A Peruvian woman carrying a child in a q'ipirina
    A Peruvian woman carrying a child in a q'ipirina

Sources

  1. ^ Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, a historical dictionary by Ludovico Bertonio (1612)
  2. ^ Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ Sotero Ajacopa Pairumani, Léxico textil aymara y quechua desde los saberes locales (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Real Academia Española. "aguayo". Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (5-vowel-system): Q'epirina ... . Sinón: q'eperina, q'epina.
  6. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  7. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

See also

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