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Cultural context remains in descriptions. Titles now uniformly use the practice name without prefixing the culture, country, religion, or people. e.g. 'Quaker Meeting for Worship' -> 'Meeting for Worship', 'Moroccan Jmaa Village Assembly' -> 'Jmaa Village Assembly', 'Aboriginal Yarning Circle' -> 'Yarning Circle'. 43 titles updated across the seed library.
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id: peruvian-ayni-minga
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title: Ayni and Minga Reciprocal Labour
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description: >-
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A Quechua and Aymara practice of reciprocal collective labour, where
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community members take turns working each other's fields or projects with
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no money exchanged. Originating in Andean communities of Peru, Bolivia,
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and Ecuador, ayni is bilateral reciprocity and minga is collective work
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for a common good.
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source: Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo de los Pueblos Andinos Amazónicos y Afroperuanos (INDEPA)
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source_url: https://www.gob.pe/institucion/indepa
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tags: [andean, reciprocity, mutual-aid, indigenous]
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forked_from: null
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image: null
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steps:
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- headline: Identify the need
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description: >-
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A household or community body names a task that exceeds one family's
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capacity — a harvest, a roof, a irrigation canal repair.
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- headline: Call the ayni or minga
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description: >-
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The host calls on neighbours and kin to gather on a set day. The
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expectation is reciprocal: those who come today will be helped
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tomorrow.
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- headline: Work together
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description: >-
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The group works the full day together, with the host providing food,
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drink (often chicha), and coca. Work is accompanied by song and shared
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rhythm.
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- headline: Acknowledge the debt
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description: >-
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The host publicly acknowledges the contribution; a tally is kept in
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memory, not on paper. Each helper has earned a future call.
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outcome: >-
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A task too large for one household is completed; reciprocal obligations
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are created and honoured, strengthening community bonds.
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practice: >-
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Ayni breaks down when helpers do not receive reciprocal help. The system
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depends on memory and mutual obligation; do not let ayni become unpaid
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labour for those who never call their own. |