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

  

  bring 
  offerings 
  of 
  coca 
  and 
  aguardiente. 
  Later, 
  the 
  crosses 
  are 
  carried 
  

   to 
  the 
  church 
  and 
  the 
  dancing 
  begins. 
  

  

  The 
  above-mentioned 
  fiestas 
  are 
  given 
  differing 
  degrees 
  of 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  and 
  the 
  offices 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  graded 
  in 
  an 
  hierarchical 
  

   order. 
  One 
  succeeds 
  to 
  one 
  office 
  after 
  another 
  until 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  the 
  

   devotee 
  reaches 
  the 
  culmination 
  of 
  his 
  career 
  as 
  Mayordomo 
  of 
  Rosa- 
  

   rio 
  and 
  Santiago. 
  In 
  the 
  lower 
  offices, 
  strict 
  age-grading 
  is 
  apparent. 
  

   The 
  boys 
  who 
  have 
  completed 
  Fundadora, 
  on 
  reaching 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  15, 
  

   pass 
  to 
  membership 
  in 
  the 
  dance 
  troup 
  of 
  Chunchu 
  Tusuc 
  and, 
  later, 
  

   at 
  16, 
  are 
  designated 
  Chaupi 
  Capitan; 
  at 
  17, 
  Quepa 
  Capitan; 
  at 
  18, 
  

   Albazo; 
  and 
  so 
  on. 
  Those 
  who 
  as 
  mature 
  men 
  serve 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  

   offices 
  have 
  usually 
  climbed 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  rungs 
  of 
  the 
  ladder. 
  

  

  A 
  glance 
  at 
  the 
  financial 
  note 
  accompanying 
  the 
  catalog 
  of 
  offices 
  

   shows 
  the 
  enormous 
  cash 
  outlay 
  the 
  religious 
  careerist 
  must 
  provide. 
  

   The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  participation 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  yearly 
  calendar 
  

   of 
  fiestas 
  is 
  put 
  at 
  about 
  700 
  soles. 
  This, 
  of 
  course, 
  takes 
  no 
  account 
  of 
  

   time 
  expended, 
  of 
  obligations 
  incurred 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  receiving 
  help 
  

   from 
  relatives, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  weeks 
  of 
  free 
  service 
  given 
  the 
  priest. 
  This 
  

   sum 
  is, 
  moreover, 
  a 
  modest 
  estimate; 
  many 
  men 
  double 
  and 
  triple 
  

   their 
  expenditures 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  outdo 
  others 
  and 
  gain 
  more 
  prestige. 
  

   Having 
  completed 
  the 
  round 
  of 
  religious 
  office 
  holding, 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   may 
  then 
  take 
  the 
  alcaldeship 
  — 
  a 
  post 
  which 
  also 
  has 
  financial 
  obliga- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  a 
  serious 
  kind. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  apparent 
  why 
  the 
  religious 
  career 
  

   spells 
  financial 
  disaster 
  in 
  so 
  many 
  cases. 
  Yet, 
  once 
  the 
  first 
  steps 
  

   have 
  been 
  taken 
  along 
  this 
  road 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  impossible 
  to 
  turn 
  back. 
  

   He 
  who 
  does 
  manage 
  to 
  extricate 
  himself 
  from 
  the 
  cargos 
  and 
  sur- 
  

   renders 
  the 
  unwanted 
  glory 
  must 
  confront 
  unfriendly 
  neighbors. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  another 
  order 
  of 
  fiestas 
  which 
  has 
  no 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  cargos 
  

   and 
  is 
  not 
  sponsored 
  by 
  the 
  Church. 
  These 
  fiestas 
  are 
  the 
  fertility 
  

   rites 
  for 
  sheep, 
  llamas, 
  and 
  cattle. 
  The 
  night 
  of 
  St. 
  John's 
  is 
  called 
  

   oveja 
  velacuy. 
  Bonfires 
  are 
  started 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  gate 
  of 
  the 
  

   sheep 
  corrals; 
  chicha, 
  coca, 
  and 
  aguardiente 
  are 
  held 
  in 
  readiness 
  for 
  

   blessing 
  the 
  sheep. 
  Meanwhile, 
  young 
  couples 
  go 
  from 
  house 
  to 
  

   house 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  sheep 
  and 
  dance 
  to 
  the 
  Charango 
  (a 
  miniature 
  

   mandolin). 
  The 
  dance 
  is 
  called 
  ronda 
  ccashua; 
  the 
  couples 
  are 
  

   grouped 
  into 
  teams 
  of 
  four, 
  six, 
  or 
  eight 
  dancers. 
  Having 
  arrived 
  at 
  

   one 
  house, 
  the 
  dancers 
  put 
  on 
  their 
  show 
  and 
  are 
  treated 
  to 
  chicha 
  

   and 
  aguardiente. 
  They 
  then 
  proceed 
  to 
  the 
  next, 
  where 
  the 
  same 
  

   performance 
  is 
  repeated. 
  The 
  dancing 
  and 
  festivities 
  continue 
  till 
  

   dawn. 
  Sexual 
  license 
  for 
  the 
  young 
  couples 
  is 
  recognized 
  - 
  

  

  The 
  day 
  of 
  Santiago 
  is 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  Fiesta 
  of 
  the 
  Llamas. 
  All 
  of 
  

   the 
  llamas 
  are 
  given 
  a 
  little 
  chicha 
  to 
  drink 
  on 
  this 
  day 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  

   may 
  have 
  strength. 
  The 
  fiesta 
  has 
  been 
  little 
  developed, 
  since 
  llama 
  

   breeding 
  has 
  only 
  recently 
  been 
  resumed 
  in 
  the 
  region. 
  St. 
  Marks 
  

   (April 
  25) 
  is 
  the 
  day 
  on 
  which 
  fertility 
  of 
  cattle 
  is 
  celebrated. 
  A 
  little 
  

  

  