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considered innoc nt and allow
d
lo
0
·0
fr
.
This
Vi
as
a
curious "judgn1ent of God.
AWAJPINTA: The district for the
'veav rs
Vi
as within the circuit
of
Korikancha, in front of
the Temple of the Sun. Awaj pinta provided
th
"kun1pi ' and "awaska" (fine cloths and rou
0
·h
\Yeaves)
f
or the Imperial Court of Cuzco. All of
the textiles: as well
as
the agricultural product ·
and ceramics, ';\ere kept in public depositaries
f
or
thcir distribution to the community.
AUK.AJPATA AND KUSIPATA: These tvvo lawns
or
broad terraces vvere the principal centers for
r eligious worshi.R in Inka Cuzco. rrhe Plaza
de
Arn
ü8
\\'as kno\Yl as
t
:\! 'ai ata, but
the
earli–
cr oJ
d
011
' er
ch as Cris–
t ·
ba
d.
Nlor
i
. ,
e
de 1Bct
rzi
{ept oa
1.
g
lis
The
o ~
-
::r
sit
·, m
1
f
one
1
ít -·
rr~me
as
n subject
te error. Kusipata
··hould he
transla~ecl
as the "site for enj o·yment ',
1.>ut
it
r
ust be ren1en1bered also that the kusipa–
lus
Vi'
re the chief priests of sun worship. Aukai–
pala ha l a raised stone seat in the center, which
corre ·ponded to tho Inka. '1.,his famous monolith,
\\-j
tl1 h0auti.f'ul i;tairs, is the so-called "Subida al
rdoj'
(ascent to the clock) ·of the present cathe–
dl'al.
rrI-IE
V\
ATANAl RrVER: The name
f
or the
~ ~-rca n1
pa sing through _the center of Cuzco lends