VIDEO ON THE TUNANTADA

ORIGIN OF THE TUNANTADA

Origin

The origin of this dance would go back to the Inca period. The Incas practiced the forced displacement of rebel peoples, who would emigrate to other areas of the sierra or the jungle of the country. This type of internally displaced people were called mitimaes. Apparently that way the indigenous people of Yauyos (mountainous area of ​​Lima) were settled in the foothills of Huancas hill, becoming "Huillaricos".

On the other hand, oral tradition points to Huaripampa as a place of origin. This was the first district created in Jauja (September 29, 1570). As it is narrated, the settlers witnessed the arrival of Viceroy Toledo, who passed through the town with all his entourage (as was the custom of the viceroys) to the beat of music. From that moment the Huaripampinos tried to imitate these characters in a satirical way. It may be because of this viceregal celebration that the tunantada comes from "rogue".

Later, the viceregal authorities founded Villabario de Yauyos, where they built a chapel to venerate San Sebastian, and since then every January 20 there are celebrations in honor of their patron, standing out several pictures such as the jergakumo, the huaylejía, with corrida of bulls, the jalapato and the tunantada.

Characters

The Huatrila.

The Prince or Tunante: Represents the Spanish, cusp of the viceregal social structure.

La Chupaquina or Huanquita: Indigenous woman, lover of Spanish.

The Chuto, character of dancer, burlesque and satirist that represents miscegenation. They use the Shausha-Wanka dialect.34

Huatrila that represents the decent chuto.

El Tucumano: Represents the brave mule muleteer and merchant who united Peru with the Rio de la Plata.

El Jamille: Healer of the Altiplano.

The Jaujina

The Maria phishana

The Auquish

Others

This folkloric dance is also danced in other parts of the interior of Peru as in the Mantaro Valley, in the Yanamarca Valley, the tourist village of Chucllú,

THE TUNANTADA

Tunantada

The tunantada is a Peruvian dance and the main dance of the parties of January 20 in the district of Yauyos (Jauja) that is danced celebrating the Festival of patrons of the district: San Sebastián and San Fabián.1 Through this dance the inhabitants imitate to the Spanish conquerors, in the form of satire. It was declared Patrimony of the Nation of Peru.

features

Spanish, also called Prince, is a character that integrates the Tunantada, originally from Jauja. Dance declared patrimony of the Nation of Peru.

Satire is done through disguise. The dancers use wire mesh masks, with eyes, mustaches and painted white complexion. Some of the participants carry a baton and pants to the knee, imitating the Spanish colonial stereotype.

It is a dance that is danced with a heartrending feeling. The music initially begins with the sounds of violins and harp, among the dancers the social classes of the viceroyalty are identified, the Spanish as the maximum authority and the Indians as subject to the whites. Later, the sounds of clarinets, harps, saxophones, etc. are added to the music.

Etymology

The word Tunantada seems to come from two Quechua voices: Tunan "alturas" and Anti "autochthonous" or left the jungle.

Another version identifies Tunantada with the word rogue, used in Spain to define the astute and skilled person who works for their own benefit.