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CUZCO: THE HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL
CITY OF PERU
OTHER PROVINCES :-
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Chinchero. - 'rhis •ancient settlement, formed by real natives
who still pr·actice the ''•end!o.gamia' ', lies twenity-«ive ki'lometers
from Cuz b~ongs to the Prcvinco of Urubamba. Leaving
o by ea1<Jy in the moorniug it can be vó.sitt¡dº and return
e durimg 1.lhe same afternoon. 'l'ry to make tha visit on a
nday o.r religious holiclay and arrive during Mass. An
impressive ~-cenie will meet .the eyes of the observer. Tibe oovo<ti<>n
and t he fervor with which the Irudians, dres ed in thiair gia:la
robes, w ir ronehos and mantas (llicllas) of many colore,
hcM' t he a¡nd practice li.e Mu hcha, kissing the. groun~ at
alternate m•ome11 u i g the coo¡emoA , is 1extxoemely mterestmg.
There one will he.a t e wailirugs of the women and their protests
to the heav 0ens in a sh:nill vodce.
On the immen a · s CJlinchero ar(l sti11 found separat.ed
~tittle1;11ents cu'lti ting t lands of communal ownership. The
mha'b1tants are purely Iura,,ic. Here we:re the h eadiqua:i:ters of
sorne chief (or cacique) perhaps as powerful ais Puma Kccahu,a of
the revolution fOT indepenclence of 1814. In the streets and
surroundings are the remains -0f walls. In tlhe pl.aza anid near the
temple are wal:Ls wúth nich1es s o those of CcolcOOllllp.ata in
Cuzco. The present temp1e has Inca.fo foondartño ns.
At one side of the settlem~t escoeniding to the queibrada are
carrved roeros with stone benches •and some decorations simifar to
t he borul'ders of thie Rodade~·o. Sitm-ated on on1e was the figure of
a puma in ~tone with a muitikvted head, certainly the totem of
the inha!bitants of this c1istriet.
Between Cwzco and Chinc11ero is a lake cailled P!i.uray, thc
outliit of whicb serves for supplying motive power to the city.
Iu the a ocality the Foundation Company will commenee
operations thie supply of a:bundant wateir to the city.
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