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From that moment, she indicated that all of her Congressional speeches will be in quechua.
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- We start our trek escorted by native "quechua" porters going through semi-arid terrain along the Urubamba river with magnificent views of snow capped mount Veronica, later going through Llactapata, an ancient Inca citadel that protected the entry to two valleys
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Quizá no estaría de más que la enseñanza del quechua fuera obligatoria para todos los peruanos.
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On the other hand, wanting to talk in the quechua language all the time knowing that that others will not understand, wearing “typical” clothes and to act discriminated against are nothing more acts of a poseur.
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Por otra parte eso de querer hablar en quechua todo el tiempo en el congreso cuando sabe bien que sus interlocutores no le van a entender, ir con ropas “típicas” y hacerse la discriminada de todo y por todo no son más que una pose para hacerse la más peruana de todas las peruanas del ande.
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From that moment, she indicated that all of her Congressional speeches will be in quechua.
Peruvian Newspaper Questions Literacy of Indigenous Congresswoman 2009
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The poem works by using multiple echoes – to other poets, events current and ancient, aboriginal cultures “inti” is ayamara for “sun,” “cochabamba” quechua for “land of marshy lakes” – in two colonial languages: Castilian and German.
Erin Moure on Andrés Ajens Lemon Hound 2009
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On the other hand, wanting to talk in the quechua language all the time knowing that that others will not understand, wearing “typical” clothes and to act discriminated against are nothing more acts of a poseur.
Peruvian Newspaper Questions Literacy of Indigenous Congresswoman 2009
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Por otra parte eso de querer hablar en quechua todo el tiempo en el congreso cuando sabe bien que sus interlocutores no le van a entender, ir con ropas “típicas” y hacerse la discriminada de todo y por todo no son más que una pose para hacerse la más peruana de todas las peruanas del ande.
Peruvian Newspaper Questions Literacy of Indigenous Congresswoman 2009
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La poblacin indgena andina pertenece principalmente a dos grandes grupos tnicos: el aymara y el quechua.
Chapter 9 1991
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