Un lunes cualquiera…
The latest Movistar TV commercial in beautiful indigenous Quechua, it’s message from the telecommunications company: “Connected, we can do more”.
February 16, 2010 | Culture & History
Posts Tagged "quechua"
Last descendant of Inca Pachacútec honoured in Cusco
Authorities in Cusco’s San Jerónimo district have bestowed the municipal medal on an 86-year-old woman who is the last descendant of Inca Pachacutec, the greatest ruler of the Inca Empire in ancient Peru. Isabel Atayupanqui Pachacútec received the medal from the hands of local mayor Adolfo Zúñiga in a special ceremony held Monday morning in the Andean city of Cusco.
Pachacutec, whose given name was Cusi Yupanqui, was the first Inca to expand beyond the valley of Cusco after his epic victory over the Chancas.
November 18, 2009 | Culture & History, News
The revolt of Túpac Amaru II
Born José Gabriel Condorcanqui in 1742, he was the great-grandson of the last Inca emperor Túpac Amaru. Like his great-grandfather before him, he was destined to resist the Spanish occupation, and, like his great-grandfather before him, was destined to meet the same fate.
July 29, 2009 | Culture & History, Opinion
Hatunrumiyoc and the Twelve Angle Stone
The origins of the magnificent ruins of a building that we call Hatunrumiyoc are lost in time. Built with huge polygonal stones, cut and fitted with exceptional precision, it is one of the most impressive structures of ancient Cusco. Its imposing walls hide a number of surprises, from the famous 12-Angle Stone, to shapes of local animals built into the structure itself.
July 13, 2009 | Archaeology, Culture & History, Cusco Guide
Kusikancha – Inca Cusco revealed
Much of the ancient layout of Cusco has been lost beneath its more recent colonial buildings. Just a few of the narrow streets with central drainage channels remain and almost nothing can be seen of the city layout known as the “chanchas”. That was, until now.
June 25, 2009 | Archaeology, Cusco Guide
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Visit to Chakiccocha [Featured]
Meredith Slater of Friends of the World Food Program, writes about her visit to the town of Chakiccocha as part of a wider visit to Andean Peru. You can find out more about the group’s work and time in the country here.
April 27, 2009 | Opinion
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Born in Cuzco in 1539, Garcilaso de la Vega was the son of Spanish conqueror Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega y Vargas and Inca princess Palla Chimpu Ocllo. He grew up in the earliest years of the Spanish empire, just when the conquered Incas were becoming used to Spanish rule. He lived among and was related to indigenous Peruvians who were alive in the days of Huascar’s rule in Cuzco and his subsequent battle with half-brother Atahualpa, as well as those who were alive during the rule of Huayna Capac.
He grew up learning both Quechua and Spanish while living with his mother – until he turned 10. It was then, with the death of his father who had long since abandoned the family, he decided to go to study in Spain with the 4,000 pesos he had received as an inheritance.
January 1, 2009 | Culture & History
Quechua
It is often considered to be the language of the Incas, invented by them and spread across the Andes. The truth is that this family of languages is much older, far more diverse and far more interesting than you imagined.
August 21, 2008 | Culture & History
Damaris – Tusuy Kusun
An excellent example of contemporary Andean music by Damaris.
August 14, 2008 | Culture & History
One Day in Lima
This amazing video named “Huk Punchaw”, Quechua for “One Day”, is the work of Oswaldo Villavicencio and Eva Machado. Winning the prize of Best Documentary in 2006 in a competition run by Peruvian art school Toulouse, it shows a single day in Peru’s capital from dawn to dusk. Enjoy.
August 6, 2008 | Culture & History, Lima City Guide
Qoyllur Rit’i
An event which attracts over 10,000 people each year, mostly local Quechua and Aymara people, Qoyllur Rit’i is a Catholic tradition wholly invented by the indigenous in the 18th Century. This religious experience, rather than being violently imposed on them from Europe, belongs completely to them and is gaining popularity among outsiders.
June 23, 2008 | Culture & History, Cusco Guide
Khipu – Pre-Columbian Communication
It is often said that the Incas and their forebearers didn’t have a writing system — such statements were often made by their conquerors to belittle them. This belief has slowly become the norm. But it seems they did have a system, they just wrote down what they wanted to say with knots on a string rather than symbols on paper. You can see examples in museums across Peru and collections throughout the world.
May 18, 2007 | Culture & History
