«El niño del carrizo» by Vallejo narrates the quest of a reed that the young Miguel partakes when trying to decorate the bust of a religious statue during the Holy Week. This quest is embedded in the Andean cultural matrix, and the story explores the traversing of Miguel from a Western cosmovision to an Andean one. This crossing from one cosmovision to the other leads to the cultural finding of the character. Miguel’s perception is linked to cultural references, those of the landscape in which the story is inscribed to, such as Santiago de Chuco, where the Andean culture is manifested in its culli version, which Vallejo captures in depth. The episodic moments that Miguel shares with his plants, dogs, and the ecstatic moment when Miguel drinks water, characterize a conscious Andean gleam typical of Vallejo’s works. Water, for instance, acquires relevance since it is the medium that...

Revista de difusión cultural, publicada por el INC, filial Ancash, en enero de 2001. Cuenta con la colaboración de autores locales y notas informativas sobre la actividad institucional del INC-FA. Contiene: Nota Editorial – La Cantuta – Flor de los incas, flor nacional del Perú, por Lida López Villavicencio – Fraseología indígena en el expresivo idioma quechua de Ancash, por José Obregón Ángeles – La cultura Chavín, por César Serna Lamas – Clásicos ancashinos: Arnao Meza Hinostroza, por Manuel S. Reina Loli – Conclusiones generales: IV Encuentro regional de representantes provinciales y distritales del INC-Ancash “Chiquian: Turismo y cultura” – Fiesta patronal de Yuramarca en honor a la santísima Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepción – Folklore. Danzas rituales – Vestimenta y simbología. La montera, por María Amez Márquez – “Así que pasen los año...