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  INCA 
  CULTURE 
  — 
  ROWE 
  283 
  

  

  tages 
  and 
  learn 
  Inca 
  methods. 
  Garcilaso 
  (quoting 
  Bias 
  Valera) 
  and 
  

   Morua) 
  describe 
  this 
  Inca 
  "school" 
  as 
  a 
  4-year 
  course, 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  

   of 
  which 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  Quechua, 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  religion, 
  

   the 
  third 
  to 
  quipus, 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  to 
  Inca 
  history. 
  The 
  teachers 
  

   were 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  beat 
  the 
  students 
  more 
  than 
  once 
  a 
  day, 
  and 
  that 
  

   punishment 
  was 
  restricted 
  to 
  10 
  blows 
  on 
  the 
  soles 
  of 
  the 
  feet! 
  (Gar- 
  

   cilaso, 
  1723, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  bk. 
  4, 
  ch. 
  19; 
  Mortia, 
  1922-25, 
  bk. 
  3, 
  ch. 
  4.) 
  Un- 
  

   fortunately, 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  chroniclers 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  

   public 
  instruction. 
  

  

  The 
  Chosen 
  Women 
  were 
  taught 
  religion, 
  spinning, 
  weaving, 
  cook- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  chicha-making 
  at 
  the 
  convents 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  sent 
  when 
  

   first 
  selected, 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  10. 
  This 
  instruction 
  lasted 
  for 
  about 
  

   4 
  years, 
  and 
  prepared 
  the 
  girls 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  mama-kona 
  (consecrated 
  

   women), 
  or 
  as 
  wives 
  of 
  nobles 
  whom 
  the 
  Emperor 
  wished 
  to 
  honor. 
  

   (See 
  p. 
  299. 
  Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  37; 
  Poma, 
  1936, 
  p. 
  300.) 
  

  

  Maturity.— 
  At 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  about 
  14, 
  boys 
  were 
  given 
  the 
  breechclout 
  

   and 
  a 
  new 
  name 
  in 
  a 
  ceremony 
  called 
  waracikoy, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  

   sense 
  a 
  puberty 
  rite, 
  although 
  it 
  coincided 
  only 
  approximately 
  with 
  

   physiological 
  puberty. 
  The 
  waracikoy 
  was 
  held 
  only 
  once 
  a 
  year, 
  

   and 
  in 
  Cuzco 
  it 
  coincided 
  with 
  the 
  festival 
  of 
  qhapaq 
  raymi 
  in 
  Decem- 
  

   ber. 
  The 
  rites 
  were 
  probably 
  very 
  simple 
  for 
  ordinary 
  people, 
  but 
  

   boys 
  of 
  the 
  royal 
  family 
  went 
  through 
  elaborate 
  ceremonies 
  lasting 
  

   for 
  several 
  weeks. 
  

  

  Preparations 
  for 
  the 
  royal 
  waracikoy 
  started 
  in 
  October 
  when 
  the 
  

   boys' 
  mothers 
  began 
  to 
  make 
  their 
  costumes. 
  In 
  November, 
  the 
  

   candidates 
  made 
  a 
  pilgrimage 
  to 
  Huanacauri 
  to 
  ask 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  

   huaca 
  to 
  perform 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  Each 
  brought 
  a 
  llama 
  for 
  sacrifice, 
  

   and 
  the 
  priests 
  drew 
  a 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  candidate's 
  face 
  with 
  its 
  blood, 
  and 
  

   gave 
  the 
  boy 
  a 
  sling. 
  The 
  boys 
  then 
  collected 
  straw 
  for 
  their 
  relatives 
  

   to 
  sit 
  on 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  festivities. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  performing 
  

   various 
  sacrifices 
  and 
  dances, 
  the 
  boys 
  had 
  to 
  help 
  chew 
  the 
  maize 
  in 
  

   preparing 
  the 
  great 
  stores 
  of 
  chicha 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  consumed 
  (Cobo, 
  

   1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  30). 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  waracikoy 
  proper 
  consisted 
  of 
  another 
  pilgrim- 
  

   age 
  to 
  Huanacauri 
  and 
  more 
  llama 
  sacrifices. 
  On 
  the 
  return, 
  the 
  

   boys' 
  relatives 
  beat 
  their 
  legs 
  with 
  slings, 
  exhorting 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  strong 
  

   and 
  brave. 
  A 
  dance 
  called 
  warri 
  was 
  then 
  performed, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   drinking 
  and 
  a 
  6-day 
  rest. 
  Then 
  the 
  boys 
  dressed 
  in 
  fresh 
  costumes 
  and 
  

   went 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  hill 
  of 
  Anahuarque, 
  near 
  Huanacauri, 
  for 
  a 
  foot 
  race. 
  

   At 
  Anahuarque, 
  they 
  repeated 
  the 
  sacrifices, 
  beating, 
  and 
  dancing 
  

   previously 
  performed 
  at 
  Huanacauri. 
  The 
  race 
  was 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  its 
  termination 
  was 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  

   girls 
  of 
  the 
  noble 
  class 
  carrying 
  chicha 
  for 
  the 
  runners. 
  Each 
  runner 
  

   was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  older 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  his 
  sponsor 
  and 
  could 
  help 
  

   him 
  in 
  the 
  race 
  if 
  he 
  needed 
  it. 
  The 
  "hill" 
  of 
  Anahuarque 
  has 
  not 
  

  

  