What traditions still live on in south america from the Inca?

Question

What traditions still live on in south america from the Inca?

Answer 1

Coca chewing is probably the tradition that has survived from Inca times in its purest form. However, there are others.

For example, the people of the towns of Canas in Cuzco still meet every year to rebuild their rope bridge. The tradition comes from Inca times an it was the way in which people paid taxes in the Inca empire (doing communal work).

There is also the Inti Raymi (the Sun Festival) in June. People in the City of Cuzco dress up as old Incas and there is even a Sapa Ina (the king) that carries out the ceremony.

Most of the old traditions were masked under catholic celebrations. For example the pilgrimage to the Christ of Coyllur Riti is conducted during a full moon and it hides an old rite of passage or initiation of the people of the Ausangate region. Young men spend the whole day dancing frantically and then climb up to the limit of the snow in the Ausangate peak (about 16 feet above sea level) and pick up a large block of ice (by large I mean LARGE, sometimes weighing as much as 120 lbs) and carry it back down.

Most catholic celebrations in Peru are old Inca rituals and celebrations taken over by the catholic faith and painted over with some saint.

Answer 2

a festival :  Inti Raymi :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inti_Raymi

traditional uses (coca plant) Traditional medical uses of coca are foremost as a stimulant to overcome fatigue, hunger, and thirst. It is considered particularly effective against altitude sickness. It also is used as an anaesthetic to alleviate the pain of headache, rheumatism, wounds and sores, etc. Before stronger anaesthetics were available, it also was used for broken bones, childbirth, and during trephining operations on the skull. Because cocaine constricts blood vessels, the action of coca also serves to oppose bleeding, and coca seeds were used for nosebleeds. Indigenous use of coca has also been reported as a treatment for malaria, ulcers, asthma, to improve digestion, to guard against bowel laxity, as an aphrodisiac, and credited with improving longevity. Modern studies have supported a number of these medical applications.

to surf  or to  fish  with  the  caballitos de totora :

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