ANTROPOLOGÍA DE LAS MÚSICAS POPULARES MEXICANAS EN BOLIVIA

Abstract

In order to study Mexican popular music in Bolivia, it is necessary to understand the racial segregation that exists in this Latin American nation. Bolivian everydayness is divided into collas and cambas. Colla is derived from the name used by the Incas to name the people of his empire (Collao / Collasuyo); is a term that describes people as “Indians”. Camba applies to the descendants of Europeans; Means peon of hacienda, foreman of Spaniards. The collas are the natives and the cambas are the mestizos. Both terms are pejorative, and since Juan Evo Morales Ayma, assumed the presidency of the Republic of Bolivia, in 2005, its use is considered racist and violating human rights.