¡Viva el Perú!

Llaqtanchis aswan qapaq kananpaq, kallpanchista mirachisun. 
Let us multiply our efforts to make our nation ever more powerful.

Peru books 

• :-) Lonely Planet Quechua Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit)
• :-) Lonely Planet Peru (3rd Ed.)
• :-) 1997 South American Handbook
• The Social Life of Numbers : A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy of Arithmetic, Gary Urton, Primitivo Nina Llanos
• :-) Lords of Sipan: A True Story of Pre-Inca Tombs, Archaeology, and Crime, Sidney Kirkpatrick

CDs

• :-) Huayno Music of Peru, Vol. 1 (extensive liner notes and some lyrics)
• Huayno Music of Peru, Vol. 2 (haven't heard this one yet)
• :-) Ayllu Sulca: Music of the Incas (instrumental)

Peruvian Links

• Huarochirí: A Peruvian Culture in Time (a typical Andean village, with information on the quipu.)
• NEW Virtual Qosqo
• Destination Peru, from Lonely Planet.
• Peru Home Page With English index as well.
• Peruvians A list of Peruvians abroad with links. (New address.)
• Peru Explorer Tourist information.
• The Pongo's Dream by José María Arguedas.
• Andean Music Page, includes instructions on how to make a quena, fingering chart, and some sheet music.

Quechua/Runasimi

• Introduction
• The Language of Love
• John 3:14-18
• Paul Heggerty's Quechua page from the U.K.
• Quechua Lessons from Peru (in Spanish). This site hasn't been updated since it was put up last September. Currently 5 chapters.
• Ada and Russ Gibbons This site has lots of photos, songs, and texts. The author notes, ``Your family picture looks like mine: a gringo, an Inca lady, a baby.'' Now includes lessons and resource list. This is the best site for Quechua students. (Alternate site.)
• Quechua Language Homepage
• Peter Cole's Home Page
• A Few Words on Quechua
• In the Cool Evening Rain. Poetry in English, Spanish, Portugese, Quechua, and Guaraní.

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