CCARHUAYO, UNA COMUNIDAD QUECHUA EN CUZCO, SU LUCHA POR DEFENDERSE EN EL MUNDO MODERNO

Abstract

The text contains an ethnographic description of the institution known as the "ronda campesina" in the Quechua-speaking community of Ccarhuayo in the region of Cusco in Southern Peru. The general features of the ronda campesina are presented, some information of the origin and the historical development of this institution are presented, together with a list of different types of rondas campesinas that are found throughout the various regions of Peru. The economic basis, the school and some features of the daily life in Ccarhuayo are described, and the community's ronda campesina is presented as the institution that gives expression to the community's ethnic identity and the community justice system, and protects the community against the dangers of the process of modernization, a process that manifests itself in the construction of the Interoceanic Highway.