Answer to Question 1
Calendric rituals, tied to cycles of agriculture, religion, or national celebrations
Life cycle rituals, marking the significant transitional moments in the life of any individual.
Answer to Question 2
Similarity
Harp plays a long series of percussive, repeating notes
Both selections are repetitive
Difference
Ecuadorian Quichua mother's lament includes a grief-stricken, half-spoken melody performed simultaneously with (not accompanied by) the harpist's vacacin, sung by a solo female voice that is unaccompanied (monophonic texture).
Define ritual:
A ritual is a formal practice or custom. (Worlds of Music, p. 483)
