The term HUACA or PACARINAS refers to natural locations which holds an energy presence or spirit. They are commonly located in all regions of Peru in correlation with the regions populated by the pre-Inca and Inca civilizations. Cities were built around this central points of energy in all the regions.
Their religious beliefs were founded in the understanding of the soul. All the inhabitants were unified through the power of their souls and as such every one of them had a specific function and held immortality.
According to their myths many of his ancestors emerged from the HUACAS that were called "the inn of the dawn." The INCA itself emerged from PACARI-TAMBO.
Pacari-tambo, the word "Pacari"means "to dawn / to be born, and "Tambo" means "Inn, Lodge." It was located on the hill TAMBO-TOCO. The word "Toco" means "niche, hole or gap," in the wall.
According to one myth, Pacari-tambo was a house. The house, a mythical place, was flooded by Lake Titicaca. Then some entities that were coming from Titicaca Lake and from Tiahuanco entered TAMBO-TOCO and from there eight Inca brothers and sisters came out through Pacari-tambo and then they went to the HUACA HUANACAURI, coming from COLLAO towards the CITY OF CUZCO. From the Huanacauri hill the INCA watched the CUZCO VALLEY.
A Huaca was built along a ceremonial line of energy or route, and was done for the enactment of sacred rituals within the CAPITAL at CUZCO. This lines of energy were called CEQUES. They were laid out to express the cosmology in which their beliefs were based on. Also they were aligned astronomically to various stellar risings and settings related to seasonal ceremonies and universal time keeping. These CEQUE lines had a significant resemblance to the movement of the cosmic energy in the universe in which we are part of.
HUACAS and PACARINAS became significant centers of worship and a POINT of UNITY and common citizenship to all.
No comments:
Post a Comment