Search Results for: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
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Customs
Barter as a System of Exchange in the Inca’s Sacred Valley
Barter, or chalasq’a in Quechua, is an exchange of goods. It makes up a simple economic system that has existed…
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Travel
The Legend of Saqsayhuaman’s Tunnel or Chincana.
Throughout the history of Cuzco first the chroniclers and then ethnohistorians have mentioned the belief that uzco is underlain by…
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Customs
Garcilaso School Dances Pride Today
During this jubilee month, Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas once again is the stage for parades, feasts, and dances, all of…
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Food & Drinks
An Inca Delicacy for Times of Rain
What is yellow and white, folded over, ancient and modern? An huminta, of course, one of the amazing delicacies of…
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Food & Drinks
Life, Death, and Stuffed Hot Peppers
Fat and sassy, rocotos rellenos (stuffed hot peppers) peer out from their wrappings on many street corners in Cuzco, such…
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Ingredients
Inca Condiments Still Flavor Cuzco’s Food
So many things have changed since Inca times that envisioning Inca Cuzco often requires an enormous act of imagination amidst…
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Commentary
San Blas, Cuzco’s Gem
San Blas, one of the most famous neighborhoods of Cuzco, is its most picturesque and offers a complete array of…
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Archeology
Wari Lord’s Wealth Displayed in Cuzco
A major discovery, the tomb of a pre-Inca, Wari nobleman was announced in Cuzco this last Thursday, February 24. It’s…
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Traditional Food
The Lord of Earthquakes’ Procession Yesterday.
Yesterday was one of the most important events in the ritual calendar of Cuzco. It is up there with the…
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News
Basilica of the Cathedral of Cusco receives UNESCO Emblem
Great news received the city of Cusco, the international emblem of UNESCO was placed in several important venues within the…
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