Aguayo_(cloth)

Aguayo (cloth)

Aguayo (cloth)

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 woven blanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back),[3][4][5][1] or also quepina[6] (possibly from Quechua q'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.

Traditional aguayos of different types and colors for sale at a crafts store in La Paz, Bolivia.
  • 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
  • A Peruvian woman carrying a child in an aguayo

Sources

  1. [1]
    Real Academia Española. "aguayo". Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    Osborne, Harold (1952). Indians of the Andes: Aymaras and Quechuas. Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 9781136544521.
  3. [3]
    [http://www.illa- 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)
  4. [4]
    Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  5. [5]
    Sotero Ajacopa Pairumani, Léxico textil aymara y quechua desde los saberes locales (in Spanish)
  6. [6]
    "Quepina (Quepinas, Q'ipina, Queperina)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  7. [7]
    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.
  8. [8]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

See also

  • Media related to Aguayo at Wikimedia Commons
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