unexpected feast..

We had decided to use Friday before carnival to explore La quebrada and find the schedule for Saturday at all villages. We went to Uquia, a small village 30 km from Tilcara, as we knew the best unburied of carnival would be there.
Although, we found such surprise...
At the village, at very time we arrive, it was begining a feast.. fiesta de la chicha y la copla!
(Chicha is a beverage with aborigines origins that can be made of corn or peanuts, fermented..)
When we entered, we found many copleras and copleros, (see our previous post ) waiting to sing.. They had come from different villages of Jujuy and also from different provinces...


There were some playing erquencho, that instrument made with a horn..
Others only with their voices and their caja, that round little drum that they hang in one wrist and play..
you will see most of them have bunches of basil, that is the symbol of the carnival...
At the end, there was a dance of many of our native rhytms..
if you want to listen these copleros and see dancing, please click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSPz3_iI1P8

Saturday was the unbury of carnival at Uquía.. devils, dust, music and breathtaking feast.. Sunday we will post part of it!