Highland Andean autochthonous groups and communities in São Paulo city: temporal and spatial panoramas

Abstract.

Today, across the city of São Paulo, hundreds of people from the Andean Highland express themselves through their music and dance groups of indigenous reference. At certain times of the year, in Canindé and Vila Guilherme, in the north and south of the capital, wind instruments and bass drums can be heard played mainly by groups of men, usually followed or surrounded by women who dance to the compass of these wind instruments. Founded by people born in (today) Bolivian or Peruvian territory and also encouraged by their children already born in Brazil, these groups diversify Bolivian and Peruvian portraits in the city. From participant observation, interviews and videos with members of these groups and communities since 2015, this article will bring historical, geographic and stylistic referential panoramas that intend to give an account of naming the formalized and active groups today, relating them to chronological, spatial and performative level.

Keywords:
Andean migration; São Paulo; music; dance; autochthony