This is a recording of songs that are sung by indigenous master potters in Amazonian Ecuador as they making ceramic artwork.

There are 8 individual songs included in this recording and information about each song is found below.


Canto 1: "Sacha allcu", Perro del monte. (0:53)

Canto 2: "Uvillashta", Uvillas. (0:54)

Canto 3: "Chapilmuyu", Semilla de chapil (0:48)

Canto 4: "Nungüi". (1:41)

Canto 5: "Amarun Huarmi", Mujer Boa. (2:35)

Canto 6: "Machin Huarmi", Mujer mono

Canto 7: "Allpamama", Madre de la tierra.

Canto 8: "Skiuanga Huarmi", Mujer Tucán


These songs come from a CD found in the book "Cantos de mujeres en el Amazonas" by Luz María Lepe Lira.

Lira, Luz María Lepe. Cantos de mujeres en el Amazonas. Convenio Andrés Bello, 2005.

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