Biga Wantuy
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https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v9i1.26521Keywords:
Biga wantuy, Andabamba, pueblo, mayordomo, varayoc, killmaAbstract
The following is a text that gathers one of the cultural traditions of the district of Andabamba, province of Acobamba and department of Huancavelica. This tradition, called Biga Wantuy, has its origin in the first decades of the last century when the people of this area fulfilled the obligation to provide food and fuel to the army stationed in Paucará (Huancavelica). In memory of one of these services, that of providing firewood, every year in the last week of September, the people of Andabamba celebrate the Biga Wantuy, which consists of carrying large cedar, walnut or alder beams over their shoulders from the Anco ravine, on the banks of the Mantaro River, to Andabamba. These beams are now used to build bridges, school roofs or any other work at the service of the community.
Like all work for the common good, the Biga Wantuy is, above all, a festive work in which the people unleash all their energy and creativity with great joy. It is also a true school of solidarity and genuine democracy, which is manifested in the election of communal authorities.
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