El Primero Mes Enero Capac Raimi Camai Quilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Primero Mes Enero Capac Raimi Camai Quilla
Subject: January; Inca Empire; Festivals; Rituals; Capac Raymi; Camay Quilla; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Months
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru
Description: This chapter is dedicated to discussing the traditions and rituals of each month during the Inca Empire. The Incas tracked the months and years through the stars and their months consisted of thirty days. This image depicts the month of January, which was dedicated to sacrifices, seeking penance and fasting. Capac Raymi Camay Quilla translates to Royal Feast, Festival of the Moon. The image depicts a large group of people sitting together in a ceremony and appear to be praying. The caption on the image reads penitencia y ayunos del ynga, which translates to penance and fasting of the Incas.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20294
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20294_OBJ.jpg