Minca

Minka or Mink'a (Quechua), hispanicized Minca or Minga is a type of traditional communal work in the Andes in favor of the whole community (ayllu).

Minka can be practiced for several purposes, such as the construction of communal facilities or harvest on communal lands. Participants are traditionally paid in kind. Minca is still practiced in indigenous communities in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras.

In Ecuador, the word is pronounced minga in Ecuadorian Kichwa and local Spanish.

See also

• Ayni
• Gadugi

References

• Lynn Meisch (2002): Andean entrepreneurs. Otavalo merchants and musicians in the global arena. pp. 127, 233, 248.
• Katja Grunow (2009): Credit-scoring in Mikrofinanzinstiutionen. S. 35 ff., Generalisierte und balanzierte Reziprozität (in German).

External links

• Micky Enright (2010): What In The World Is A Minga?
• Christoph Stadel (1995): Lo Andino - Andean Environment, Philosophy and Wisdom, p. 8