SUN ISLANDTITICACA LAKE
The blue treasure of our ancestors
By Cristina Quisbert Quispe
In the ancient times there was
neither Sun nor Moon
and people lived …
in the darkness(ch’amakpacha)
…but one day our Tata Inti (Sun)
rose on Sun Island in Titicaca Lake
And from the sacred rock
emerged Manco Capac
and Mama Ocllocreating
the Inca Empire
Later, their descendants
built a two level stone Palace in the south
of the Island.
It was the Pilkokaina Palace which was a
temporal house of the main Inca.
Bordering the mountain first and then walking across its
approximately nine kilometers…
Incas built Chinkana or Laberynth. A complex group of rooms connected by many trapezoidal
doors and small corridors.
In the middle of Chinkana, Incas had a natural fountain which was used
to make water rituals
Past and present always join.
Going up or down the
different ways
one may find a lot of
surprises
such as…
This old catlike pottery found in the depths of
the Sun Island.
Mountains and water are the owners of a lot of secrets left by the ancient cultures born here.
This is a sacred place for indigenous peoples.
¡Help us to protect it!