#andean culture

[andeanbeauties]

So apparently Swedish and Polish facial reconstructionists decided to try to recreate the famous Incan "Ice Maiden" mummy dubbed "Juanita".

Truthfully, I feel like these European reconstructionists ( do not know how to re-create Andean facial features and the results ended up... terribly uncanny. So down below, with the use of photoshop, I edited the bust with more Andean Indigenous Peruvian facial features to honor the "Ice Maiden".

My version:

I made her brows straighter and longer, got rid of the cleft chin, gave her a down-turned mouth, broader lips (not small), I made her lips a little larger too and I made her nose longer/bigger and wider around the nasal Ala. I also broadened her nostrils a tad

and I made her under-eyes more puffy

I widened her bone structure

I emphasized her sideburns

My version (on top):

original (white euros created) below:

I hope that in the future, more Andean/Indigenous Peruvian facial reconstructionists have opportunities to work on revealing the faces of their kin and ancestors. We needed more andean people involved in her reconstruction.

Let me know what you think of my edits down below too!

I hope you enjoy them!

the original article can be read here:

[clinically-not-straight]

This guy made a video about how rainbow-type flags aren't just representative of pride, using the Quechuan flag seen in Andean countries as an example.

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And its pretty neat. I especially like the bit where he explains that it had an extra stripe, a light blue one.

I want all the people that bothered to post comments on the video to be shot

Like, he outright says its a different thing. On top of that, because I had to study this shit, the six-stripe pride flag, the one shown in the video, is not the original in regards to ideation or even conceptualisation. Gilbert Baker wanted pink on the flag, but the thread was hard to come by so he left it out because of money and accessibilty reasons: there was no mention of light blue when I was researching a long while back. That six-stripe flag you see is the one that got shown to the public first, note that Gilbert Baker has nothing to do with any Andean cultures.

Anyway I think its swag as fuck that similar looking flags are getting used by different groups and that this just flat out isn't cultural appropriation and you're a fucking loser if you think that/are using it as a reason to be homophobic.

[galeriacontici]

Andean Painted Stone Tablet c. 3800 – 2200 BP

This gray volcanic stone is painted monochrome red in the Antimpampa style. The prominent motifs are anthropomorphous and zoomorphic figures. The scene centers on abstract three-figured humanoids with alternating inverse animals and other adjacent figures. Formative Period (c. 3800 – 2200 BP).

Measures 21″ in height, 13″ in width, and 1″ in depth. Height on the included stand is 25″. Provenance: Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA

These adorned stone tablets resemble a collection of later ceramic plaques found at the mountainous Chucu site, Cerro Cupara, Chuquibama, Condesuyos/Arequipa, Peru. They are thought to have served as votive offerings, ensuring the secure journey of the soul to the “Other World.”

[quotesfrommyreading]

String changed much more than human technology; it also altered our psychology. More than a physical material of enduring versatility, string has retained immense symbolic significance in many cultures around the world. For the Indigenous peoples of the Andes, string was its own mathematical language. From at least 1400 to 1532 CE, they recorded taxes, census data, and other numerical information with quipu: sequences of colorful tassels made from cotton and camelid hair, all dangling from a central cord, and each knotted in its own way. String and rope are stitched into the English language, into longstanding idioms—learn the ropes, spin a yarn, hang by a thread—and even in the way we talk about relatively modern inventions: to describe the internet, we speak of websites, links, and threads. Cordage also features prominently in myths and folk tales. According to a popular Sudanese myth, a rope once united heaven and Earth, until a mischievous hyena severed it, ushering death into the world. In Greek mythology, the three Moirai, or Fates, spin, measure, and cut threads representing every mortal’s life. And various myths originating in Asia tell of the Red String of Fate, an invisible red fiber, a capillary of the soul, linking the ankles or fingers of kindred spirits, future couples, or those simply fated to cross paths.

 —   The Long, Knotty, World-Spanning Story of String

[mishki-nana]

hi hi! this one's mine >u<

What is the first sentence in your WIP?

I’ll go first

[cimmeria-writes]

for @kataang-week -- day 4: cultural exchange

(ID: a digital drawing of katara and aang from atla. they're wearing clothing from each other's cultures. katara is wearing a yellow chuba with red trim, an orange shirt, a chumpi belt, and boots. she has one necklace with small turquoise beads and one with large yellow beads. aang is wearing a parka with a thick fur hood and black-and-white geometric patterns, and dark blue pants. he also has mittens and large boots on. they're smiling at each other, with pink hearts floating between them.

[andean-deer]

inca method : year begins in january (1400s). year begins in december (1450s).

for deity work : perform a divination ritual on solstices and equinoxes. make an offering beforehand. something only found during those times of the year would be appropriate.

summer solstice : qapaq raymi . december 20-23 (honors apu inti/ lord sun)

🩶- passage of time between the two modes +

🌀🌚🥄🤍

WARMI PACHA / feminine time

moons: small crescent moon + great crescent moon + blossom moon + twin cobs moon + corn harvest moon + tilling moon

very close to mushuk wata : 1st of january

fall equinox : pacha puquy raymi . march 20-21 (mushuk nina)

winter solstice : wawa inti raymi . june 20-23 (honors churi inti / daylight)

🩶+ passage of time between the two modes -

💥🌞⚜️🖤

QARI PACHA / masculine time

moons: fallowing moon + sowing moon + lunar feast moon + bird scare moon + ancestral feast moon + great solar feast moon

spring equinox : killa raymi . september 21-24

[latin-american-diversity]

 “Scenes from the daily lives of Ecuador’s Indigenous Otavalos” - Victor Englebert  

[izar-tarazed]

"Stargazer. Have you a favorite constellation?"

‟A favorite? Oh. That would be a tough choice…”

Izar’s gaze flickers from her unfinished map out of the window; stars of ink, stars of silver, by no means all of them sorted in constellations.

‟Let me think. Some of them hold a special place in my heart because of the stories told about them.”

She steps closer to the window, pointing up. ‟There’s The Two Dragons, both easy to spot even without a telescope. The first one is that group of seven stars just above the mountaintop over there—that line of three is its neck with the head—, and the other one, smaller, is that cluster of five very bright stars closer to the horizon… There. I couldn’t find many depictions of them in the Carian records, but those that exist all show the first dragon as resting, and the other one with open wings, flying towards the horizon.”

She smiles as she leans against the window frame, her gaze never leaving the constellations.

‟Back when the stars moved, both dragons would slowly wander across the night sky, and the smaller one would eventually disappear from view. And it’s said that the first one then cried bitter tears—a shower of silver stars. Or maybe just snow. The records aren’t very clear on this. But I’ve read that in some Churches of Dragon Communion, you might still find a little niche in the northern wall—the one closest to the crying dragon—where people would place tiny dragon figurines as a means of comfort for it. They would often be made of wax and paper, sometimes carved in wood. Burnt as offerings, sending up little dragons to the lonely one in the sky to keep it company.

And eventually… since the stars followed fixed patterns, the small dragon would return to the night sky, and the other one would stop crying. I do believe that maybe that was when spring started. Now that the stars aren’t moving, the small dragon never leaves, so the other one never has to cry. But it would be nicer if they moved, wouldn’t it? The Two Dragons carry a lot of meanings in astrology. Love and grief and hope and fidelity. It all depends on which part of their story you focus on.”

She falls silent for a moment, then points again.

‟Maybe, though, my favorite one is one that the nomadic merchants showed me, because it’s all about hope and… protection? You have to squint a little for this one. Up there, a little above the resting dragon’s head? There’s a spot without stars. But darkness is never just darkness. When the merchants look up to the night sky, they see shapes both in silver and the darkest blue. So that spot of darkness over there, just underneath those two smaller stars?

It’s an outstretched hand, and the stars are a candle sitting in its open palm. That brighter star a little to their right? That’s the candle flame. The merchants believed that this is the hand of a forgotten lord watching over them, and if you ever got lost, you could call out and be guided through the darkness… safely along your path. Unlike the small dragon, the Hand would never disappear from view. You’d always be able to see the candle with its flame. You’d never lose your way in the darkness.

The merchants had a lot of tales and knowledge about the night sky. Most of it is lost. I’m glad this one isn’t.”

[sheltiechicago]

El Alto, Bolivia

Aerial view of a new boat-shaped cholet. Cholet buildings are part of the neo-Andean architectural style. These constructions are intended to highlight the values and symbols of the Tiwanaku and Inca cultures, which flourished in the Altiplano thousands of years ago, combining them with modern elements of pop culture. They are also a manifestation of the emerging Aymara economic power

Photograph: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images

[archivo-sergio-quijada-jara]

Galería fotográfica

Indumentaria tradicional femenina de Amantaní. Puno-Perú. Febrero,1995. Foto: Archivo Sergio Quijada Jara.

[andeanbeauties]

Renata Flores Rivera con Retablos Ayacuchano 💚☀️💚

[especdreamy]

Shoutout to the Sudadera Celeste and Big Man Splatoon which singlehandedly feed into my "The Splatlands are LITERALLY Latin America-coded" belief

[traveling-paradise]

An absolutely amazing read, I love seeing indigenous women not only surviving but THRIVING👏👏👏🛹🌿

[alyanas-little-hideout]

honestly though having a solid idea of where everything came from makes any descriptions of food more interesting.

Fuck that post going around saying "you can have coffee in your story without justifying it :) you don't need to explain everything :)" I want, no, I DEMAND a fully researched ethnobotanical paper on every single food item in your work, if you don't explain to me where did potatoes come from in your fantasy setting or don't explain how the industry of coffee works over interstellar distances with full detail you are doing things wrong and I personally hate you and I hate your stupid story, fuck you

[techdriveplay]

15 Stunning Landscapes In Patagonia Argentina That Defy Expectations

Do you know that the fictional Paradise Falls from the popular Disney movie Up is inspired by a real landmark in South America called Angel Falls? It is dubbed the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world and one of South America’s most awe-inspiring waterfalls. National Geographic calls South America the “continent of extremes,” encompassing not only the Atacama Desert and the Amazon but…