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Title
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Travaxa: Zara Papa Hallmai Mita, Enero, Capac Raymi Quilla
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Description
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This image is reflected in the final chapter of Ayala’s chronicle where he provides a description of labours and festivals that occur in the rural areas of the Spanish colonial Andes during each month of the Inca calendar year. This image is a depiction of the month of January, which, the author describes, is a time of rain and agricultural labour. There is an indigenous man and woman illustrated in a corn field wielding digging devices as they harvest and sow the fields. There is writing above the native man which reads “labrador, chacara camayoc” [labourer, head of sowing]. There are clouds in the sky to further demonstrate the rainy season. There is an indigenous man sitting in front of a small house in the background of the image. His arms are outstretched as he warms his hands in front of a fire. The author explains that January was a month where there was a lack of firewood. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “enero, capac raymi” [january, second month].
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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:24194
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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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Tradition
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Indigenous Peoples
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Colonialism
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Agriculture
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Festivals
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January
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