Carnival in Q'eros
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1993.20.13
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Cohen, John, 1932-2019
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content: John Cohen films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 1152 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film documents the Carnival celebrations of a remote community of Q'eros Indians in the Peruvian Andes. The Q'eros play pincullus (flutes) and sing to their alpacas to promote fertility. Singing and playing separately from each other, they produce a distinctive heterophonic sound which exemplifies a key connection between Andean culture and that of the Amazon jungle. Film also records negotiations between the filmmaker and the Q'eros for compensation for their participation and the distribution of that compensation.