THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
PROGRAM # 8533 12:00 PM PT
Keeping Quechua Language and Song Alive.
The founder of the Quechua Initiative in New York talks about her efforts to keep her Quechua language alive in the New York City area, the home to the largest Inca-descendant community in the US. The Quechua language is considered a critically-endangered language by UNESCO. Hosting community gatherings around New York City, Quechua elders celebrate their Andean roots through Quechua folk songs, story-telling and poetry, and traditional Peruvian food. The teacher gives an advance of unpublished verses of a bilingual poem, a student talks about his work to create digital applications and interactive books in Quechua, and a leading academic comments on the launching of an award to recognize Quechua culture and how the Quechua language is being validated through higher-education courses in colleges around the US.
Guests: Elva Ambía Rebata, Founder and Director, Quechua Collective of New York , New York, NY; Ricardo Morales, Member and Student, Quechua Collective of New York, Bronx-New York, NY; Prof. Américo Mendoza-Mori, Coordinator of the Quechua Language Program, Penn Language Center, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Video: Renata Flores – Trap + Quechua – Tijeras ft. Kayfex
Photo: Quechua Collective of New York/Facebook
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