Mar/110
The plunder of Pachacamac: Peruvian archaeological tour
For travelers interested in a historic Peru tour, this is a destination worth their while.
A sprawling ceremonial center of 18 mud-brick pyramids with ramps and plazas, Pachacámac was one of the most important pre-Hispanic cities of the Andean coast, first occupied from approximately A.D. 300.
It was ruled by the Ychsma lords from 900 A.D. to 1470, when the Inca conquered the smaller kingdom. With it, they gained control of the venerated spiritual center of the Pacific coast — a vitally important center of strategic power from which to advance their empire.
Feb/110
Peru’s Indigenist Movement and the great works it has inspired
As much as in any country in South America, people on vacation to Cusco will be struck by the rich tapestry of culture woven from Andean, Spanish, African, Chinese and Japanese influences.
But until just a few decades ago, it would have been obvious during the Cusco tours the uneasy coexistence between separate and very unequal cultures — a small, dominant European-descended elite and the indigenous Andean majority.
The tensions arising from that relationship and recurrent attempts to achieve a truly national culture, spawned indigenismo — a social, artistic and political movement that was the basis for many of Peru’s greatest artistic and intellectual achievements over the past century.
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