Rectangular carrying cloth used by women in traditional Andean communities in South America
The aguayo[1][2] (possibly from awayu,
Aymara for
diaper and for a
wovenblanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back),[3][4][5][1] or also quepina[6] (possibly from
Quechuaq'ipi bundle)[7][8][6] is a rectangular carrying cloth used in traditional communities in the
Andes region of
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Chile,
Colombia,
Ecuador and
Peru.[1]Aymara and
Quechua people use it to carry small children or various other items in it on their backs.[1][6][2] It is similar to a lliklla and sometimes regarded as a
synonym.[8] It is often striped, and is hand woven with wool that is later dyed with bright colors.
Gallery
Quechua woman in Peru wearing a loaded aguayo
Quechua woman in
Pisac, Peru, carrying a child in an aguayo
Quechua woman in
Chivay, Peru, carrying wood in an aguayo
Women wearing aguayos while dancing the
Carnavalito in
Jujuy, Argentina
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abcdReal Academia Española.
"aguayo". Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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abOsborne, Harold (1952). Indians of the Andes: Aymaras and Quechuas. Routledge. p. 222.
ISBN9781136544521.
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It is often striped, and is made by hand with wool that is hand woven. a.org/cd/diccionarios/LudovicoBertonioMuchosCambios.pdf Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara]
Archived 2012-01-19 at the
Wayback Machine, a historical dictionary by Ludovico Bertonio (1612)
^Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
^Sotero Ajacopa Pairumani, Léxico textil aymara y quechua desde los saberes locales (in Spanish)
^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.
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abTeofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)