Q'axilu ( Aymara, hispanicized spelling ''Cajelo'', also ''Kajelo, K'ajelo, Q'ajelo'') is a folk dance of the Aymara people in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

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. It is a typical dance of the

Puno Puno (Aymara and qu, Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was establish ...

Chucuito Chucuito is a village in the Chucuito District, Puno Province, Peru. It is from the city of Puno. It sits at above sea level. The population is 7,913. The town was important in pre-Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and ...

and El Collao provinces. Q'axilu is also the name of a

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of love song of the Puno Region.Xavier Albó, Félix Layme Pairumani, Literatura aymara: Antología. La Paz, 1992, p. 228

Gallery

File:Kajelo De Pichacani-Puno-Peru.jpg, Q'axilu of Pichacani performed in

File:Kajelo De Pichacani-Puno-Peru2.jpg, Q'axilu of Pichacani File:Kajelo De Pichacani-Puno-Peru3.jpg, Q'axilu of Pichacani

References

Peruvian dances Peruvian music Native American dances Puno Region {{music-genre-stub