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Title
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Setienbre Coia Raimi Quilla
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Description
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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 September, which was dedicated to holding a festival as a celebration of fertility and growth. The festival was dedicated to the Moon, which was the wife of the Sun. The author explains that the Inca Emperor ordered that sickness and disease to be banished in the kingdom during this time. To keep things clean and avoid sickness, warriors would walk with torches throughout cities and clean houses and the streets. There are three warriors depicted walking in this image with shields in their left hand and torches raised in their right as they walk towards a city to clean it. The Moon is depicted in the top left corner of the image. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “la fiesta solene de la coya la rreyna,” which translates to “the solemn festival of the coya the queen.”
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:20309
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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Subject
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Months
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September
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Moon
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Coya
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Queens
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Sun
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Festivals
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Celebration
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Rituals
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Warriors
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Inca Empire
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Inca Emperor
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Indigenous
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Indigenous Peoples
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