Peru: When the World Turned Dark
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1988.18.1
name: label: Creator
content: Lobo, Maria Luisa
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Yanque (Caylloma, Peru)
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Maria Luisa Lobo in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lobo, Maria Luisa
culture: label: Culture
content: Andes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassette (51 minutes, sound color, 3/4" U-matic)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1988.18
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film, produced for Cinematograficas Arawak S.A., focuses on the religious celebrations of the village of Yanque where Andean rites continue to be followed along with Christian rituals which have survived from the colonial era. Also examined are current myths of the Colca Valley, including the one arising from the Spanish assassination of the Incan Atahualpa.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, holds the María Luísa Lobo Papers.