An Inca incarnate
Peru / Ecuador, 2007
Cusco, the Incan Capital
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Jesuit Church in Cusco central square Not many stones in walls were carved like this one [NB] Behind the tight surface, Incan blocks are interlocked with bronze poured into channels
Indolent Cerberus defends three of the many portals to the world below the street, Cusco Tower that the Spanish added to the Incan Temple of the Sun, seen from ruins being restored to its North Pigs to be sold at the Cusco market [NB]
Modern shops opposite an ancient wall Anna explains the map of the four kingdoms comprising Tawantinsuyu (the Incan name for its empire) We were there - the Temple of the Sun's porch, overlooking downtown Cusco
This modern painting evokes the Incan belief in imaginary lines linking their outlying towns and shrines; Temple of the Sun, Cusco Anna explains while the Curandero builds a packet to burn for the healing ceremony, Cusco The completed healing packet has surrogates for all aspects of life [NB]
Susan is blessed by the curandero; he glides the packet around her and prays Blanket for sale [NB] Flower in garden of La Merced Church and Convent, Cusco
An incarnation of the Inca poses for the tourists at Kenko Susan feeds a vulture at Sacsayhuaman, outside Cusco Susan dwarfed by the immense stones in walls at Sacsayhuaman, outside Cusco
The rocks are joined with exquisite care, here seen at Sacsayhuaman Rosemary surveys the ceremony/playing field at Sacsayhuaman Cusco as seen looking south from Sacsayhuaman, the sun strikes Cristo Blanco on the left
A local family treated us to a feast on guinea pig at their home The daughter practiced math with me Dinner at the Fallen Angel: Ron, Janet, Vern, Joann, Sarah, Susan, and myself
Fred gets a shoe shine and pays too much Cusco Market: cheese [NB] Kantuta, Peru's national flower, and a rainbow
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