Biography
Established in Bolivia during 1970, Awatiñas set out to safeguard and champion the Andean folk traditions belonging to the Aymara people. Significant effort goes toward gathering resources that advance healthcare access and schooling for the nation’s youth. Their moniker conveys the sense of protection or oversight when rendered in the Aymara tongue.
The ensemble comprises Miguel Condé, Mario Condé, Vidal Beltran, Eddy Beltran, Juan C. Yujra, and Roberto Yujra. Versatile players, they handle assorted percussion, wind, and stringed tools that include panpipes. Five albums stand to their credit, and annual returns to their homeland keep the indigenous character of their sound intact.
European engagements have taken them through France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Holland, Belgium, and Portugal. Two-hour programs divide evenly. The opening segment presents Quechua attire together with melodies drawn from Bolivia’s tropical zones, where vocals join the instrumental textures. The closing segment features Aymara dress and the abstract ikollasuyu repertoire, executed exclusively on ancestral instruments.
More than half of Bolivia’s population descends from indigenous lineages split between the Quechua and Aymara cultures. The former occupy valleys and lowlands; the latter reside on the plateau that borders Lake Titicaca.
The ensemble comprises Miguel Condé, Mario Condé, Vidal Beltran, Eddy Beltran, Juan C. Yujra, and Roberto Yujra. Versatile players, they handle assorted percussion, wind, and stringed tools that include panpipes. Five albums stand to their credit, and annual returns to their homeland keep the indigenous character of their sound intact.
European engagements have taken them through France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Holland, Belgium, and Portugal. Two-hour programs divide evenly. The opening segment presents Quechua attire together with melodies drawn from Bolivia’s tropical zones, where vocals join the instrumental textures. The closing segment features Aymara dress and the abstract ikollasuyu repertoire, executed exclusively on ancestral instruments.
More than half of Bolivia’s population descends from indigenous lineages split between the Quechua and Aymara cultures. The former occupy valleys and lowlands; the latter reside on the plateau that borders Lake Titicaca.
Albums
Jichhapi Jichhanexa
2009
Altiplano
2007
Kullakita
1999
Jilata
1997
El Inka Atahuallpa
1994
De Colección
1993
Grandes Éxitos de los Awatiñas
1990
Viviremos para Siempre
1986
Bolivia
1984
Awatkipasipxañanakasataki
1983
Singles
