Monday, October 10, 2011

Cuzco city tour, Peru

Started from la visita al Koricancha, who was a brilliant leader that created a unified god on top of sun, moon, stars, animals, etc. So as to rule across religions. Cuzco had over 360 temples to carry out different festivals and ceremonies all year around. This smart leader put all the major idols into ten rooms so people could worship at a central location.
Sacsayhuamán represented the evil side of sun. Quenqo was a site for manicuring bodied. Inca believed all came from mother earth needed to return to it.
Pucara is a free hotel for the public and especially for messenger. Inca had a message center every 30 km from Cuzco to the sea shore of 250 km so as to pass important political messages. The messengers were handpicked to train and run very fast. Since inca had no word/character, it was speculated that the massanger passed textile with symbols weaves therein.

Tambomachay is the temple of water. The water seems coming from underground spring however flowing at a steady pace dry or raining season. It was suspected that there are channels behind the stone wall regulating the water and avoiding attempt of poisoning the water.

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