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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  (6) 
  Aymoray 
  (called 
  also 
  hato& 
  koski, 
  "great 
  cultivation," 
  usually 
  

   written 
  *hatun 
  cuzqui 
  by 
  the 
  chroniclers). 
  May. 
  The 
  festivals 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  the 
  maize 
  harvest. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  llamas 
  were 
  sacrificed 
  

   to 
  the 
  Sun, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  Cuzco 
  ate 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  meat 
  raw 
  

   with 
  toasted 
  maize. 
  Thirty 
  llamas 
  were 
  sacrificed 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  

   huacas, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  meat 
  was 
  taken 
  and 
  burned 
  at 
  each. 
  The 
  

   boys 
  who 
  had 
  gone 
  through 
  the 
  maturity 
  rite 
  the 
  previous 
  December 
  

   harvested 
  a 
  crop 
  of 
  maize 
  grown 
  in 
  a 
  designated 
  field, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  

   nobles 
  plowed 
  the 
  field 
  ceremonially, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  songs, 
  races, 
  and 
  

   sacrifices. 
  The 
  mama-sara 
  rite, 
  described 
  under 
  Agriculture, 
  took 
  

   place 
  in 
  this 
  month 
  also 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  27). 
  

  

  (7) 
  Inti 
  raymi 
  (also 
  awqay-koski, 
  "warrior's 
  cultivation" 
  ). 
  June. 
  

   This 
  month 
  included 
  the 
  June 
  solstice 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  festival 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  

   the 
  Sun, 
  when 
  elaborate 
  sacrifices 
  were 
  offered 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  near 
  Cuzco 
  

   in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  of 
  royal 
  blood, 
  and 
  a 
  dance 
  (*cayo), 
  which 
  

   was 
  performed 
  four 
  times 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  (8) 
  Cawawarkis 
  (*chahuahuarquis; 
  also 
  *cauay, 
  *chahuarhuay, 
  

   *chaguaruayquez, 
  and 
  *cahuarquiz). 
  July. 
  Sacrifices 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  

   the 
  huaca 
  of 
  *tocori, 
  which 
  presided 
  over 
  the 
  irrigation 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  

   valley. 
  Inca 
  Koca 
  was 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  increased 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  

   for 
  irrigation 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  instituted 
  this 
  sacrifice 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  

   bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  28). 
  

  

  (9) 
  Yapakis 
  (*yapaquiz; 
  also 
  *capac 
  siquis, 
  Betanzos). 
  August. 
  

   Sacrifices 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  huacas 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  maize 
  crop 
  

   was 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  holy 
  field 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  May. 
  A 
  

   thousand 
  guinea 
  pigs 
  were 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  provinces 
  for 
  sacrifice 
  in 
  

   this 
  field 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  Frost, 
  Air, 
  Water, 
  and 
  Sun, 
  as 
  the 
  powers 
  with 
  

   most 
  influence 
  on 
  the 
  crops, 
  and 
  a 
  dance 
  (wayara) 
  was 
  performed. 
  

  

  (10) 
  Sitowa 
  (*situa; 
  also 
  *coya 
  raymi 
  and 
  *puzcuayquis, 
  Fernan- 
  

   dez). 
  September. 
  In 
  this 
  month 
  a 
  little 
  rain 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  fall, 
  and 
  the 
  

   festival 
  of 
  sitowa 
  was 
  directed 
  against 
  sickness, 
  especially 
  that 
  result- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  change 
  of 
  weather. 
  All 
  persons 
  with 
  physical 
  defects 
  

   i. 
  e., 
  sinners, 
  and 
  dogs 
  (whose 
  howling 
  was 
  an 
  evil 
  omen) 
  were 
  sent 
  

   out 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  The 
  day 
  after 
  the 
  conjunction 
  of 
  the 
  moon, 
  the 
  pop- 
  

   ulation 
  assembled 
  at 
  the 
  Temple 
  of 
  the 
  Sun 
  to 
  wait 
  for 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  saw 
  it, 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  shout, 
  "Sick- 
  

   ness, 
  disasters, 
  and 
  misfortunes 
  get 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  land," 
  and 
  struck 
  at 
  

   each 
  other 
  with 
  lighted 
  torches, 
  in 
  fun. 
  Then 
  all 
  went 
  to 
  their 
  houses 
  

   and 
  shook 
  their 
  clothes 
  from 
  the 
  door, 
  as 
  if 
  to 
  shake 
  all 
  evil 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   house. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  four 
  troops 
  of 
  100 
  runners 
  each, 
  dressed 
  for 
  

   war, 
  took 
  up 
  the 
  cry 
  from 
  the 
  priests 
  at 
  the 
  temple, 
  ran 
  out 
  along 
  the 
  

   4 
  main 
  roads, 
  and 
  passed 
  it 
  on 
  to 
  other 
  waiting 
  runners. 
  The 
  last 
  

   runners 
  along 
  each 
  road 
  bathed 
  themselves 
  and 
  their 
  weapons 
  in 
  a 
  

   river, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  running 
  water 
  would 
  carry 
  the 
  evil 
  away. 
  All 
  the 
  

   inhabitants 
  of 
  Cuzco 
  also 
  bathed. 
  Then 
  a 
  porridge 
  of 
  partly 
  ground 
  

  

  