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Awki awki

Bolivian-Peruvian folkdance.

About Awki awki

Awki awki (Aymara awki father / gentleman, the reduplication signifies that there is a group of something) is a folk dance performed in the La Paz Department of Bolivia and in the Huancané Province of Peru. The dance satirizes the Spanish conquerors of the colonial period.

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