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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  boy 
  holding 
  the 
  office 
  must 
  supply 
  food 
  and 
  drink 
  to 
  his 
  helpers, 
  and 
  pays 
  40 
  cen- 
  

   tavos 
  to 
  the 
  priest 
  as 
  tax 
  for 
  the 
  "cargo." 
  

  

  (2) 
  Chunchu 
  Tusuc 
  (dance 
  of 
  the 
  savages). 
  — 
  This 
  office 
  is 
  held 
  by 
  boys 
  of 
  15 
  

   designated 
  by 
  the 
  priest. 
  It 
  involves 
  participation 
  in 
  a 
  dance 
  performed 
  by 
  some 
  

   12 
  boys 
  in 
  a 
  special 
  costume 
  including 
  a 
  leather 
  headdress, 
  in 
  Corpus. 
  Expenses 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  office 
  total 
  to 
  6 
  soles. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Chaupi 
  Capit&n 
  (captain 
  of 
  the 
  center). 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  danced 
  by 
  16-year-old 
  boy 
  

   as 
  a 
  special 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  Chunchu 
  Tusuc. 
  He 
  contributes 
  40 
  centavos 
  toward 
  the 
  

   Mass 
  and 
  about 
  6 
  soles 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  his 
  obligations. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Quepa 
  Capitan 
  (captain 
  of 
  the 
  rear). 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  danced 
  by 
  a 
  12-year-old 
  in 
  

   the 
  Corpus 
  dances. 
  This 
  ' 
  'cargo" 
  likewise 
  carries 
  with 
  it 
  the 
  obligation 
  of 
  con- 
  

   tributing 
  toward 
  the 
  Mass 
  as 
  above 
  and 
  some 
  6 
  soles 
  for 
  food, 
  drink, 
  etc. 
  The 
  

   contributions 
  for 
  the 
  Mass 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  Chaupi 
  Capitan, 
  Quepa 
  Capitan, 
  and 
  

   Ararihua 
  (below) 
  are 
  handed 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  priest 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Mayordomo 
  of 
  

   Corpus 
  and 
  go 
  to 
  defray 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  their 
  Masses. 
  

  

  (6) 
  Ararihua 
  (he 
  who 
  cries 
  out). 
  — 
  He 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  assistant 
  of 
  the 
  Chunchu 
  

   Capitan 
  at 
  Corpus. 
  His 
  expenses 
  also 
  total 
  to 
  6 
  soles. 
  

  

  (6) 
  Albazo. 
  — 
  The 
  office 
  is 
  performed 
  by 
  an 
  18-year-old 
  youth. 
  The 
  holder 
  of 
  

   the 
  office 
  arranges 
  for 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  masked 
  musicians 
  to 
  march 
  about 
  the 
  community 
  

   on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  Corpus 
  Christi. 
  The 
  expenses 
  involved 
  run 
  to 
  30 
  soles. 
  

  

  (7) 
  Corpus 
  Mayordomo. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  Mayordomos 
  of 
  Corpus 
  Christi, 
  who 
  

   must 
  supply 
  the 
  music, 
  food, 
  drink, 
  and 
  coca 
  for 
  the 
  fiesta 
  proper. 
  Two 
  Masses 
  

   are 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  priest 
  (24 
  soles). 
  The 
  total 
  cost 
  for 
  the 
  four 
  Mayordomos 
  is 
  

   estimated 
  at 
  160 
  soles. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  Corpus 
  Christi, 
  the 
  following 
  major 
  fiestas 
  are 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  in 
  Kauri: 
  Exaltaci6n 
  (Kenosis 
  or 
  Exaltation 
  of 
  the 
  Cross), 
  

   September 
  14; 
  Rosario 
  (Virgin 
  of 
  the 
  Rosary), 
  October 
  7; 
  Santiago, 
  

   July 
  25; 
  Immaculate 
  Conception, 
  December 
  8; 
  San 
  Andres, 
  No- 
  

   vember 
  30; 
  Holy 
  Week 
  (last 
  week 
  of 
  Lent); 
  and 
  San 
  Juan, 
  June 
  24. 
  

   The 
  religious 
  offices 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  fiestas 
  are 
  listed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Senor 
  Exaltacidn 
  Mayordomo. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  Mayordomos 
  who 
  hold 
  

   the 
  office 
  for 
  2 
  years. 
  The 
  Exaltaci6n 
  Mayordomos 
  supply 
  food 
  and 
  drink 
  for 
  

   the 
  3 
  days 
  of 
  fiesta. 
  Each 
  pays 
  6 
  soles 
  for 
  the 
  Mass 
  ; 
  the 
  expenses 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  by 
  

   the 
  Exaltacidn 
  Mayordomo 
  run 
  to 
  40 
  soles. 
  Another 
  office 
  was 
  previously 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  with 
  Exaltaci6n, 
  the 
  Torero 
  Cargo. 
  The 
  holder 
  of 
  this 
  office 
  had 
  to 
  bring 
  

   bulls 
  from 
  the 
  neighboring 
  haciendas 
  and 
  provide 
  a 
  banquet 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  com- 
  

   munity, 
  the 
  cost 
  running 
  to 
  40 
  soles. 
  The 
  Torero 
  Cargo 
  has 
  become 
  extinct 
  in 
  

   recent 
  years. 
  

  

  Mayordomo 
  del 
  Yanacuy. 
  — 
  This 
  office 
  is 
  performed 
  2 
  years 
  in 
  succession 
  during 
  

   the 
  harvest 
  of 
  the 
  Virgin's 
  plots. 
  (See 
  Agriculture.) 
  The 
  Mayordomo 
  serves 
  

   as 
  "pongo" 
  (home 
  servant) 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  priest 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  3 
  weeks. 
  In 
  

   the 
  fiesta 
  itself, 
  he 
  arranges 
  for 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  "alba," 
  which 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  

   mule 
  carrying 
  the 
  Peruvian 
  flag 
  flanked 
  by 
  an 
  Indian 
  couple, 
  one 
  dressed 
  as 
  a 
  

   soldier, 
  the 
  other 
  as 
  a 
  Mestizo. 
  The 
  couple 
  dances 
  throughout 
  the 
  night, 
  after 
  

   which 
  a 
  feast 
  is 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  Mayordomo. 
  He 
  is 
  paid 
  5 
  centavos 
  by 
  each 
  

   person 
  attending 
  the 
  feast. 
  Immediately 
  after 
  the 
  feast, 
  the 
  dancers 
  put 
  on 
  

   the 
  cacharpari 
  (farewell). 
  

  

  Rosario 
  Alf&rez. 
  — 
  The 
  function 
  of 
  the 
  Rosario 
  Alferez 
  is 
  merely 
  to 
  contribute 
  

   to 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  Mass. 
  There 
  are 
  seven 
  men 
  who 
  hold 
  the 
  office, 
  each 
  paying 
  

   5.60 
  soles. 
  

  

  Rosario 
  Mayordomo. 
  — 
  The 
  Rosario 
  Mayordomo 
  supplies 
  the 
  musicians 
  and 
  

   dancers 
  for 
  the 
  fiesta; 
  he 
  also 
  arranges 
  a 
  rodeo 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  community. 
  

  

  