Mitimaes

Topics: Peruvian musical groups

Mitimaes comes from the Quechua word mitma meaning "resettlement". These were originally groups of families taken from their communities by the Inca State and transferred to loyal or conquered towns to perform political, cultural, social, and economic functions.

Mitimaes is a folk music group from Peru. The group dates from 1983, having its first public performance in March in the Festival of the Zamponas of Gold, organized by Department of Education in Arequipa winning first place in Peruvian folk music. Towards the end of the same year they became recognized as one the better folk groups that year; and they undertook a tour by Europe. In May 1984 they recorded their first album in Germany with the title of Hopes of Liberty and they set to music the movie Mister Tourist: a documentary on the islands of Taquile in Lake Titicaca (Puno), besides appearing on television and radio in Spain and Germany. During that year they toured throughout Europe.

Mitimaes live - Alemania (1983)