PAUCARTAMBO Presentation

After doing an extensive resaerch on the Paucartambo celebration it was now time to perform and put in practice our PPP. Our proposal consisted of bending traditions as we bend the conventions in the original celebration to fit our stage and content(useless authorities). We had everything planned and were excited to act i t out, however we realize all the issues that our presentation had once we started rehearsing. As the rehearsals started we soon took notice of the amount of effort that went every time we rehearsed a scene, it was extremely exhausting to wear the masks, the ones made of wool(waqollos) were tightened to our faces and due to the shape of it we were not able to breath through our noses well enough and had to breathe through our mouths. As we did so it ended up tiring us even more and due to the heat , not only because of the mask but because of the costume itself. That scene came out nicely and enjoyable for the public as we highly interacted with it however it was a performance were we had to put a lot of effort and time in order for it to be successful. The next day we presented another sene were two of us were Saqras, demons, who were the bodyguards of a corrupt politician. We had previously wore the masks and wigs necessary to play the characters but everytime it became much more exhausting and furstrating as we failed to tie a string to the wig for it to stop falling. Not only the wig, but the masks weight pulled them down making it impossible for us to see. The last day one of the Sqras brought his costume for the first time, he had previously broguht the mas k and wig but never rehearsed fully dressed. At the moment of chnigng to the costumes he had other pants and not those which went according to the scheme. Th upper part of his body was colour blue and te pants green, the long socks were colour plae white and they were supposed to be transluscent.
This not only caused us to alarm as the right costume was not present, but also it caused distrubacnes int he gorup as a whole, we became more stressed, we started acting more impulsively and agressively. Afterwards we calmed down and performed however, this showed how a rehearsal turly helps us to prepare for the actual perforamnce, but most importantly, this experiencce showed how a play consists of every single person whos involved and if someone fails in one way or another the play itself, or the erformance, might also fail or suffer.

Is rehearsing as relevant in other theatre traditions as it is in Occidental theater?