Festivals and Rites of the Andes
A ten‑minute visual journey through Andean festivals, processions, music, incense, and temple ceremonies as recorded in archaeological sites and early colonial chronicles.
Chapters
- 0:07 Sacred Landscape and Temple Foundations
- 1:34 Processions and Music
- 3:19 Incense, Perfume, and Temple Rites
- 5:04 Inti Raymi and Legacy
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- 0:07 Sacred Landscape and Temple Foundations
- 0:14 Sacred Landscape and Temple Foundations
- 0:31 Moche procession with masked figures Historical record · Moche murals at Huaca de la Luna, 1st–8th c. AD
- 0:49 Stone basins for ritual washing The Institute's interpretation · Excavations at the Temple of the Sun, Tiwanaku (J. Andean Archaeology, 2015)
- 1:07 Coricancha aligned to winter solstice The Institute's interpretation · Astronomical study of Coricancha, Cusco (J. Archaeoastronomy, 2012)
- 1:25 Intihuatana stone ties the sun Historical record · Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios Reales de los Incas (1609)
- 1:34 Processions and Music
- 1:41 Processions and Music
- 1:58 Qhapaq Ñan pilgrimage route Historical record · Pedro Cieza de León, Crónica del Perú (1553)
- 2:16 Panpipes and drums in mountain rites Historical record · Huarochirí Manuscript (c. 1600)
- 2:34 Late Horizon panpipe (antara) Historical record · Andean panpipe (antara), Museo Nacional de Antropología, Lima
- 2:52 Tinya drum in processions Historical record · Inca drum (tinya), Museo Inka, Cusco
- 3:10 Warrior standards in sun feast Historical record · Bernabé Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo (1653)
- 3:19 Incense, Perfume, and Temple Rites
- 3:26 Incense, Perfume, and Temple Rites
- 3:43 Bronze incense burner with smoke motifs Historical record · Ceremonial incense burner, Ollantaytambo, Museo Inka, Cusco
- 4:01 Copal resin burned for fragrance Historical record · Pedro Cieza de León, Crónica del Perú (1553)
- 4:19 Moche vessel showing dance and smoke Historical record · Ceremonial vessel, Museo Larco, Lima (Moche, 2nd c. AD)
- 4:37 Quipu tallying festival tribute Historical record · Quipu from the Royal Treasury, Museo Larco, Lima
- 4:55 Capacocha child sacrifice on mountain Historical record · Bernabé Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo (1653)
- 5:04 Inti Raymi and Legacy
- 5:11 Inti Raymi and Legacy
- 5:28 Coricancha aligned to winter solstice The Institute's interpretation · Astronomical study of Coricancha, Cusco (J. Archaeoastronomy, 2012)
- 5:46 Intihuatana stone ties the sun Historical record · Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios Reales de los Incas (1609)
Sources
Historical record: Moche murals at Huaca de la Luna, 1st–8th c. AD · Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios Reales de los Incas (1609) · Pedro Cieza de León, Crónica del Perú (1553) · Huarochirí Manuscript (c. 1600) · Andean panpipe (antara), Museo Nacional de Antropología, Lima · Inca drum (tinya), Museo Inka, Cusco · Bernabé Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo (1653) · Ceremonial incense burner, Ollantaytambo, Museo Inka, Cusco · Ceremonial vessel, Museo Larco, Lima (Moche, 2nd c. AD) · Quipu from the Royal Treasury, Museo Larco, Lima
The Institute's interpretation: Excavations at the Temple of the Sun, Tiwanaku (J. Andean Archaeology, 2015) · Astronomical study of Coricancha, Cusco (J. Archaeoastronomy, 2012)
Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 115 s of CPU.
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- A drummer strikes a tinya while marching in a procession of flag‑bearing soldiers.
- A drummer strikes a tinya while marching in a procession of flag‑bearing soldiers.
- Elite warriors march, each bearing a brightly colored flag attached to a pole.
- Elite warriors march, each bearing a brightly colored flag attached to a pole.
- A frozen mummy of a child in a ceremonial bundle atop a snow‑capped Andean peak.
- Inca priests in feathered headdresses perform rites on the stone courtyard of Coricancha, with torches blazing.
- Inca priests in feathered headdresses perform rites on the stone courtyard of Coricancha, with torches blazing.
- A frozen mummy of a child in a ceremonial bundle atop a snow‑capped Andean peak.
- A frozen mummy of a child in a ceremonial bundle atop a snow‑capped Andean peak.