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  COLONIAL 
  QUECHUA 
  — 
  KUBLER 
  399 
  

  

  quently 
  enjoyed 
  some 
  prestige, 
  chiefly 
  as 
  healers 
  and 
  diviners; 
  for 
  

   Europeans 
  to 
  have 
  recourse 
  to 
  Indian 
  sorcery 
  was 
  regarded 
  by 
  the 
  

   Church 
  as 
  only 
  a 
  venial 
  sin, 
  of 
  no 
  great 
  consequence 
  (Pena, 
  1698, 
  

   p. 
  242). 
  

  

  Ceremonials. 
  — 
  The 
  chief 
  calendrical 
  occasions 
  for 
  huaca 
  festivals 
  

   were 
  three: 
  (1) 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Corpus 
  Chris 
  ti 
  festival 
  (Oncoy- 
  

   mitta 
  and 
  Intiraymi), 
  when 
  the 
  huacas 
  were 
  adored 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  

   destruction 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  by 
  drought 
  or 
  frost; 
  (2) 
  about 
  Christmas- 
  

   time, 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  rainy 
  season, 
  dedicated 
  to 
  lightning 
  and 
  

   thunder 
  as 
  rain-bringers 
  ; 
  (3) 
  the 
  harvest 
  festivals, 
  called 
  Aymoray 
  

   or 
  Ayrihuaimita 
  (Arriaga, 
  1920, 
  p. 
  52). 
  

  

  A 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  harvest 
  festival 
  was 
  described 
  in 
  detail 
  by 
  Cristobal 
  

   de 
  Molina 
  of 
  Santiago, 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  April 
  1535. 
  All 
  the 
  mummies 
  

   of 
  the 
  Inca 
  Emperors, 
  with 
  their 
  attendants, 
  were 
  exposed 
  before 
  

   dawn 
  along 
  an 
  avenue 
  laid 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  plain 
  near 
  Cuzco. 
  Each 
  mummy 
  

   was 
  equipped 
  with 
  furnishings 
  relating 
  to 
  its 
  importance. 
  The 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  royal 
  caste 
  alone 
  were 
  present, 
  garbed 
  in 
  their 
  richest 
  

   clothes. 
  As 
  the 
  sun 
  appeared, 
  their 
  chant 
  slowly 
  grew 
  in 
  volume 
  

   until 
  noon, 
  then 
  diminished 
  until 
  sunset. 
  Manco 
  Inca, 
  richly 
  installed 
  

   in 
  a 
  litter 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  others, 
  gave 
  the 
  cues 
  for 
  the 
  performance 
  

   (Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  1916, 
  pp. 
  160-62). 
  

  

  In 
  certain 
  areas, 
  the 
  sun 
  feast, 
  called 
  Intiraymi, 
  fell 
  on 
  the 
  solstice 
  

   in 
  June, 
  coinciding 
  with 
  Corpus 
  Christi, 
  and 
  was 
  celebrated 
  simul- 
  

   taneously 
  with 
  the 
  Christian 
  ritual, 
  under 
  its 
  protection 
  (Polo 
  de 
  

   Ondegardo, 
  1916 
  a, 
  pp. 
  21-22). 
  June 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  month 
  during 
  

   which 
  the 
  festival 
  dedicated 
  to 
  the 
  Pleiades 
  was 
  celebrated. 
  In 
  the 
  

   district 
  of 
  Lima 
  these 
  rites 
  were 
  celebrated 
  publicly 
  in 
  1617. 
  The 
  

   moment 
  chosen 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  visibility 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   stellation, 
  when 
  the 
  crops 
  were 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  frost. 
  The 
  rites 
  were 
  

   intended 
  to 
  influence 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  the 
  constellation 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  

   weather 
  (Rel. 
  geogr. 
  Indias, 
  1881-97, 
  1:205-06; 
  Arriaga, 
  1920, 
  p. 
  76). 
  

  

  Iq 
  September, 
  after 
  the 
  sowing, 
  the 
  feast 
  called 
  Citua 
  or 
  Situay 
  was 
  

   secretly 
  celebrated, 
  with 
  many 
  local 
  variants. 
  It 
  was 
  mainly 
  a 
  rite 
  

   of 
  lavatory 
  purificatioa, 
  attended 
  by 
  blood 
  sacrifices 
  in 
  token 
  of 
  loyalty 
  

   to 
  the 
  Sun 
  and 
  the 
  Inca 
  Emperor 
  (Polo 
  de 
  Ondegardo, 
  1916 
  a, 
  p. 
  23; 
  

   Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  1916, 
  pp. 
  35-41). 
  As 
  late 
  as 
  December 
  1571, 
  during 
  

   the 
  growing 
  season, 
  the 
  old 
  festival 
  of 
  Raymi 
  was 
  still 
  observed 
  in 
  

   Cuzco 
  itself. 
  During 
  it, 
  puberty 
  rites 
  were 
  performed. 
  In 
  antiquity, 
  

   the 
  festival 
  had 
  been 
  intimately 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  idol 
  called 
  Huana- 
  

   cauri. 
  In 
  the 
  1550's, 
  the 
  Inca 
  Paullu 
  housed 
  this 
  idol 
  by 
  his 
  house 
  in 
  

   Cuzco, 
  and 
  the 
  Raymi 
  festival 
  was 
  celebrated 
  there 
  until 
  the 
  destruc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  figure 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards. 
  Elsewhere 
  than 
  in 
  Cuzco, 
  Raymi 
  

   was 
  celebrated 
  in 
  different 
  ways 
  and 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  of 
  year. 
  For 
  

   example, 
  in 
  Potosi, 
  Raymi 
  was 
  held 
  during 
  the 
  sowing 
  period 
  and 
  

  

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