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  INCA 
  CULTURE 
  — 
  ROWE 
  309 
  

  

  p. 
  282.) 
  The 
  rite 
  was 
  combined 
  with 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  semipolitical 
  public 
  

   ceremonies 
  emphasizing 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  gods, 
  especially 
  the 
  Sun, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Inca 
  state. 
  All 
  provincials 
  resident 
  at 
  Cuzco 
  had 
  to 
  leave 
  

   the 
  ceremonial 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  during 
  the 
  3 
  weeks 
  of 
  maturity 
  

   rites, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  returned 
  they 
  were 
  fed 
  lumps 
  of 
  maize 
  flour 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  the 
  blood 
  of 
  sacrificed 
  llamas 
  (yawar-sankho, 
  "blood 
  por- 
  

   ridge")? 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  told 
  was 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  Sun 
  and 
  would 
  remain 
  

   in 
  their 
  bodies 
  as 
  a 
  witness 
  against 
  them 
  if 
  they 
  spoke 
  evil 
  of 
  the 
  Sun 
  

   or 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor. 
  Several 
  days 
  of 
  dancing 
  and 
  drinking 
  followed. 
  

   On 
  the 
  last 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  month, 
  a 
  special 
  sacrifice 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  hill 
  

   of 
  Puquin 
  (pokin), 
  on 
  the 
  southwest 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  The 
  products 
  

   of 
  the 
  fields 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor 
  and 
  of 
  religion 
  were 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  

   provinces 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  maturity 
  rite 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  25) 
  . 
  

  

  (2) 
  Kamay 
  (spelled 
  *camayby 
  the 
  chroniclers; 
  also 
  *pura 
  opiaquiz, 
  

   Fernandez; 
  coyaquiz, 
  Betanzos; 
  and 
  camayquilla) 
  . 
  January. 
  On 
  

   the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon, 
  the 
  newly 
  matured 
  boys 
  staged 
  a 
  mock 
  

   battle 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Square, 
  and 
  a 
  llama 
  was 
  sacrificed 
  to 
  mark 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  a 
  limited 
  fast 
  imposed 
  on 
  the 
  city 
  since 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  

   month. 
  The 
  old 
  llamas 
  (apo 
  roko) 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  next 
  year's 
  matu- 
  

   rity 
  rite 
  were 
  consecrated, 
  and 
  a 
  dance 
  (yawayra) 
  was 
  held 
  for 
  2 
  days. 
  

   Additional 
  sacrifices 
  and 
  dances 
  were 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  full 
  moon, 
  ending 
  

   with 
  a 
  dance 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  performers 
  carried 
  a 
  great 
  woolen 
  rope 
  of 
  

   four 
  colors. 
  Six 
  days 
  later, 
  the 
  ground 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year's 
  

   sacrifices 
  were 
  mixed 
  with 
  coca, 
  flowers, 
  chili 
  pepper, 
  salt, 
  burned 
  

   peanuts, 
  and 
  chicha, 
  and 
  dumped 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  to 
  Vira- 
  

   cocha 
  by 
  the 
  current 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  26.) 
  

  

  (3) 
  Haton 
  poqoy 
  ("great 
  ripening"; 
  spelled 
  *hatun 
  pucuy; 
  also 
  

   called 
  *colla-pocoyquis, 
  Betanzos). 
  February. 
  Twenty 
  guinea 
  pigs 
  

   and 
  20 
  loads 
  of 
  firewood 
  were 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  Sun, 
  for 
  the 
  crops. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Pawqar 
  waray 
  (spelled 
  *paucar-huaray; 
  also 
  *pauear 
  auray- 
  

   quiz, 
  Fernandez; 
  *pacha 
  pocoy, 
  i. 
  e., 
  paca 
  poqoy, 
  "earth 
  ripening," 
  

   Polo, 
  Betanzos). 
  March. 
  

  

  (5) 
  A 
  yriwa 
  (spelled 
  *ayrihua; 
  also 
  *ayrihuaquiz, 
  and 
  *arihuaquiz) 
  . 
  

   April. 
  In 
  this 
  month, 
  a 
  ceremony 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  royal 
  

   insignia. 
  An 
  elaborate 
  pompon 
  on 
  a 
  staff 
  (sontor 
  pawqar) 
  and 
  a 
  

   perfect 
  white 
  llama 
  (napa), 
  both 
  symbols 
  of 
  royal 
  authority, 
  were 
  

   brought 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  plaza. 
  The 
  llama 
  was 
  dressed 
  in 
  a 
  red 
  shirt 
  

   with 
  golden 
  ear 
  ornaments 
  and 
  had 
  its 
  own 
  attendants 
  (yana-kona 
  

   and 
  mama-kona). 
  It 
  was 
  taught 
  to 
  eat 
  coca 
  and 
  chicha, 
  and 
  took 
  a 
  

   prominent 
  part 
  in 
  many 
  ceremonies 
  at 
  Cuzco. 
  It 
  was 
  never 
  killed, 
  

   and 
  when 
  it 
  died, 
  it 
  received 
  an 
  elaborate 
  funeral 
  and 
  was 
  replaced 
  by 
  

   another 
  picked 
  animal. 
  It 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  symbolize 
  the 
  first 
  llama 
  which 
  

   appeared 
  on 
  earth 
  after 
  the 
  Flood. 
  In 
  the 
  April 
  ceremony, 
  15 
  llamas 
  

   were 
  sacrificed 
  in 
  its 
  name, 
  and 
  the 
  napa 
  offered 
  chicha 
  daily 
  by 
  

   kicking 
  over 
  jars 
  of 
  the 
  beverage. 
  

  

  