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  INCA 
  CULTURE 
  — 
  ROWE 
  311 
  

  

  maize 
  was 
  distributed, 
  and 
  everyone 
  smeared 
  it 
  on 
  his 
  face 
  and 
  the 
  

   lintel 
  of 
  his 
  door 
  as 
  a 
  symbol 
  of 
  purification. 
  Several 
  days 
  of 
  dancing 
  

   and 
  feasting 
  followed, 
  after 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  more 
  sacrifices, 
  and 
  the 
  

   provincials 
  were 
  allowed 
  to 
  reenter 
  and 
  receive 
  lumps 
  of 
  maize 
  flour 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  llama 
  blood, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  December 
  ceremony. 
  Then 
  four 
  

   llamas 
  were 
  sacrificed, 
  and 
  their 
  lungs 
  examined 
  to 
  see 
  whether 
  the 
  

   year 
  would 
  be 
  prosperous. 
  All 
  the 
  tribes 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  Empire 
  got 
  

   out 
  their 
  huacas 
  and 
  brought 
  them 
  into 
  the 
  Great 
  Square 
  to 
  do 
  rev- 
  

   erence 
  to 
  the 
  Emperor. 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  29; 
  see 
  also 
  

   Means, 
  1931, 
  pp. 
  374-77; 
  Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  136-54.) 
  

  

  (11) 
  K'antaray 
  (*cantarayquis, 
  Fernandez; 
  *homa 
  raymi 
  pun- 
  

   chayquis, 
  Cobo; 
  *omac 
  rayma, 
  Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco; 
  etc.). 
  October. 
  

   This 
  month 
  was 
  critical 
  for 
  the 
  crops, 
  which 
  were 
  sown 
  mostly 
  in 
  Au- 
  

   gust 
  and 
  September. 
  A 
  ceremony 
  was 
  held 
  to 
  bring 
  rain 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  

   a 
  drought. 
  (See 
  Agriculture, 
  p. 
  210.) 
  Preparations 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  

   year's 
  maturity 
  rites 
  were 
  started. 
  

  

  (12) 
  Ayamarka 
  (*ayasmarca-raymi, 
  Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco. 
  The 
  name 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  result 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Ayamarca 
  tribe 
  held 
  its 
  maturity 
  

   rites 
  in 
  November). 
  November. 
  The 
  boys 
  who 
  were 
  preparing 
  for 
  

   the 
  maturity 
  rite 
  spent 
  a 
  night 
  at 
  Huanacauri 
  to 
  make 
  sacrifices 
  and 
  

   ask 
  the 
  huaca's 
  permission 
  to 
  perform 
  the 
  rite 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  

   ch. 
  30). 
  

  

  Some 
  ceremonies 
  were 
  held 
  without 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  calen- 
  

   dar. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  these 
  (*Itu) 
  was 
  performed 
  whenever 
  

   the 
  Inca 
  wanted 
  their 
  gods' 
  help, 
  for 
  example, 
  in 
  times 
  of 
  pestilence, 
  

   drought, 
  or 
  serious 
  earthquake, 
  or 
  when 
  the 
  Emperor 
  went 
  to 
  war 
  in 
  

   person. 
  Everyone 
  fasted 
  for 
  2 
  days 
  beforehand, 
  abstaining 
  from 
  salt, 
  

   chili 
  pepper, 
  chicha, 
  and 
  sexual 
  intercourse. 
  Then 
  all 
  provincials 
  and 
  

   dogs 
  were 
  sent 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  the 
  images 
  of 
  the 
  gods 
  were 
  brought 
  

   out 
  into 
  the 
  Great 
  Square. 
  Two 
  llamas 
  were 
  sacrificed, 
  and, 
  if 
  the 
  

   occasion 
  were 
  especially 
  serious, 
  some 
  children 
  were 
  sacrificed 
  also. 
  

   The 
  boys 
  under 
  20 
  years 
  old 
  then 
  put 
  on 
  special 
  costumes 
  of 
  fine 
  red 
  

   shirts 
  with 
  long 
  fringes 
  and 
  ornaments 
  hanging 
  to 
  their 
  feet, 
  great 
  

   feather 
  crowns, 
  and 
  shell 
  necklaces. 
  In 
  their 
  hands, 
  they 
  carried 
  small 
  

   dried 
  green 
  birds 
  and 
  small 
  white 
  drums. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  

   wore 
  their 
  shawls 
  over 
  their 
  heads, 
  and 
  preserved 
  a 
  strict 
  silence. 
  

  

  The 
  boys 
  in 
  costume 
  w 
  alked 
  slowly 
  once 
  around 
  the 
  square 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   cession, 
  beating 
  their 
  white 
  drums, 
  and 
  then 
  sat 
  down 
  in 
  silence. 
  

   A 
  noble 
  then 
  walked 
  around 
  the 
  square 
  where 
  the 
  procession 
  had 
  

   gone, 
  scattering 
  coca 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  After 
  a 
  short 
  interval, 
  the 
  boys 
  

   repeated 
  their 
  slow 
  procession, 
  and 
  coca 
  was 
  again 
  scattered. 
  This 
  

   ritual 
  was 
  completed 
  eight 
  times. 
  That 
  night, 
  the 
  performers 
  stayed 
  

   in 
  the 
  square 
  praying 
  to 
  Viracocha 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Sun 
  as 
  intercessor. 
  In 
  

   the 
  morning, 
  they 
  returned 
  the 
  costumes 
  to 
  their 
  storehouse, 
  while 
  

   everyone 
  began 
  a 
  feast, 
  with 
  joyous 
  dancing 
  and 
  chicha 
  drinking 
  

  

  