Origin of the name

Mitimaes comes from the Quechua

Quechua languages

Quechua is a Native South American language family and dialect cluster spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably...

 word mitma

Mitma

Mitma was a policy of forced resettlement employed by the Incas. It involved the forceful migration of groups of extended families or ethnic groups from their home territory to lands recently conquered by the Incas...

 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.

History

Mitimaes is a folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 group from Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. The group dates from 1983, having its first public performance in March in the Festival of the Zampoñas 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

Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...

 (Puno), besides appearing on television and radio in Spain and Germany. During that year they toured throughout Europe.

In March 1985 they began the recording of their second production in Spain finishing it in Germany under the title Huaukey (brother). That same year they set to music a story for children and themes on the Peruvian folklore, next to a teaching material called Eine Brücke nach Peru (A bridge toward Peru) for the Institution Misereor of Germany, finishing with this work their tour by Europe.

In 1986, in covenant with the Region Education Department Arequipa, they carry out a series of free concerts in schools during all the year. In 1987 they returned to Europe to carry out another artistic tour. In 1990 while on another tour by Europe they recorded their third musical production in Germany with the title Light of Hope. In 1992 they travelled to Japan representing Peru in the International Festival of Okayama. In same year they carried out their last tour in Europe, thereafter deciding to work in their native land Peru.

Membership

The founding members:

• Clinio Maldonado Mercado
• Plinio Maldonado Mercado
• Bede Maldonado Mercado
• Dino Maldonado Mercado
• Aquiles Delgado Argote
• Guillermo Delgado Argote

Present members:

• Clinio Maldonado Mercado
• Plinio Maldonado Mercado
• José Roberto Huayta Quispe
• Bede Maldonado Mercado
• Dino Maldonado Mercado
• Edward Maldonado Mercado

Discography

• Mitimaes live - Alemania (1983)
• Esperanzas de Libertad (1984)
• Huaukey (hermano) (1985)
• Luz de Esperanza (1990)
• Mitimaes en vivo - Perú (1991)

External links

• Sitio Oficial de Mitimaes
• mundo musical
• mundofolk
• grupo mitimaes
• myspace grupo mitimaes