Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Varayoq at Qonopa
- Title:
- Varayoq at Qonopa
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Quispillaccta (Peru)
Quispillacta (Peru)
Quispillaqta (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00297
- File Name:
- ISB_00297.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Men
Rites & ceremonies
Festivals
Politics & government
Civil service
- Image View Description:
- View of Varayoq at Qonopa
- Description:
- Varayoqs celebrate and weep after completing one year of service to the community during the Yarqa Aspiy, the ritual cleaning of the irrigation canals.
- Bibliography:
- Isbell, Billie Jean. To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135 Chapter 6
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 2 (p. 138-145): http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Rituals: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/rituals
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Series:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series : 35
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including websites), exhibitions or broadcasts, without permission.
