Sacred Inti

Pantasqam tiqsipi purirqani Qam qunqanaypaq yachaparqani Sapaypaq anchata apuyarqani Lliw allpaykita qanracharqani Kayqaya ayllunchikta tariykuni Raymi punchawniypim tinkuniku Kallpasapa aqaykita upyaniku Pachak llaqtaykiwan tusuniku. Rayqaykitam raymispa pichaniku Lliw ayllupaq yakuykipas kallpan Chakraykikuna kallpachakunmi Muhukuna ruruytam munachkan Atin urqukunaman kunanki Mallkiykikuna allin uywananpaq Uruykikuna, uywaykikunapas Willka inti pachata kutichimuy

Mother’s Joy

Kusisqam mamay kachkan, watakunam wawankunata kutichipun. Hatun llaqtapi mana riqsisqa munaykunam suwarqurqa. Asiriyninmi, asichikuynin waytarichkan. Lliwpaq mikuna munaynin paqarichkan. Kunan wata sarankunam anchata rururqun. Papakuna, tukuy niraq ulluku, maswa, uqa sasa huñuna kanqa. Murun rurukuna huntallaña, pisqukunapas saksasqam kachkanku. Lliwmi pachapa kawsayninta qatichkan. Tullpanchikpi mikuy huntasqam kanan. Mikuy munaqman mikuyta maqllakunachu. Kuyakuyninchik lliwpaqmi kanan. Hunasqa […]

Latinx Creatives Workshop

The Latinx Creatives Workshop was set up as part of the PTC’s 20th Birthday Celebrations for Latinx people interested in learning more about translation. The PTC teamed up with Un Nuevo Sol to run a set of workshops translating Spanish, Portuguese and Quechua into English and Spanish into English as a way of exploring and […]

Coming Back to You, Pachamama

Yuyayniymi kutirqamun. Tiqsimuyum iquchasqa kachkan. Manchakuy rimaymi intuchkan. Cemento qisayuq, plasticota uywaspa, chaqwata saksaspam upayarquni. Qunqasqayña muyaytam musqurquni asnayninkunam ripunqaña Puquy pacham miski waspikunata pukuchkan. Yuyayninmi kutichichkan runata musquy ñanninta maman pachaman. Manchakuymi qarqurqa, manchakuy kutichichkan. Kayqaya chayamuni, purun wawqiy sacha asnawan, purun paniy miski qurakuna, ruruq chakrakuna, takiq mayukuna sumaqyachiwan. Pachamaymi qantu chakranpi, ruruchisqan […]

Constantina Higbee

Constantina Higbee comes from Peru and now lives in London. Her mother language is Quechua and she also speaks Spanish and English. She works with the Rimanakuy community to teach the Quechua language and Peruvian culture in London. She teaches Quechua in the classroom and online and runs a Peruvian dance group.

Raúl Cisneros

Raúl Cisneros comes from the peasant community of Pariamarca, in Ayacucho Peru; where he was a farmer, cattle herder, and baker. Then he studied to be a language and literature teacher at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. Founder and member of the Estirpe de Ayacucho Scenic Creation Collective, actor, oral narrator, musician. He […]