The reconstruction of pre-Columbian cultures has been a persistent quest in the Americas. North Americans look to the western native Americans, while South Americans look to the Inca, as a symbol of cultural perseverance. The 2,000-year old Inca civilization is living vibrantly among us in villages in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina and is seen in colorful photographs and interpreted by distinguished South America ethnologists. Here are details of Incan rituals and traditions of everyday life practiced in ...
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The reconstruction of pre-Columbian cultures has been a persistent quest in the Americas. North Americans look to the western native Americans, while South Americans look to the Inca, as a symbol of cultural perseverance. The 2,000-year old Inca civilization is living vibrantly among us in villages in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina and is seen in colorful photographs and interpreted by distinguished South America ethnologists. Here are details of Incan rituals and traditions of everyday life practiced in communities that have maintained the creative energy of their ancestors in their craftsmanship, music, dance, festivities, and carnivals -- the assertion of an ancient cosmology in the 21st century.
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