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    The Incas held important religious rituals and ceremonies to honor their sun god. One major ritual was the Eight Day Feast where they offered burnt llama sacrifices to the sun god and engaged in ritual chanting. Another key ceremony was the Combing of the Hair where priestesses would perform a coming of age ritual for girls. Important leaders were also mummified and displayed during special rituals after death to preserve their legends. The Incas had formal dances that occurred mainly during festivals and rituals to please the gods.

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    Incas worshipping the sun god

    The Inca Empire - Contextualising your surroundings (on stage)


    Important Information:

    The Eight Day Feast


    As the Incas relied heavily on agriculture in order for their society to function effectively it was very
    important to them to hold rituals that would honor the gods who make their crops grow. During the
    feast each day a ritual chanting begins at dawn when the sun rises. It then grows to a crescendo at
    noon, and finishes with silence by dusk. Burnt offerings of llamas are given to the sun god. The Inca
    royalty are dressed in clothing that is comprised of both silver and gold.
    Significance
    During the farming scene we could add chanting (when the soldiers are watching us), that grows into
    crescendo then becomes silent (it would also be a version of the song we have to sing later). Also we
    may possibly be able to express the burning of the llama

    The Combing Of The Hair


    This was the coming of age ceremony for girls. Priestesses would perform in this ceremony. During
    this ceremony a girl would come of age and choose her new name. girls would be sent to Cuzco
    where the ceremony would take place and they would become either brides or princesses.of rulers.
    Only the most beautiful girls would be chosen. many people would gather and there would be
    dancing.
    Burial and Mummification
    Inca rulers were extremely powerful and revered by most followers. Veneration of the rulers
    did not end with their death; they were mummified and displayed during special public
    rituals so their legends would be retained as a living presence. Their mummies were served
    by ​panacas, ​royal descendants of the dead lord endowed with great wealth. The panacas' role
    was to conserve the dead ruler's ​mummy​ and to immortalize his life and achievements with
    the help of chants and rituals performed on ceremonial occasions in the presence of the
    succeeding lord and the mummies of other dead Inca lords. These rites were passed on from
    generation to generation. Some ancestors were never forgotten, however. They were
    considered heroic figures who gave the Inca their identity. Their corpses were mummified,
    revered, and saved as sacred objects.

    Social death​​: when certain privileged individuals remained active in the minds, souls, and
    daily lives of the living until they were forgotten or replaced by other prominent figures.

    Quechua Chants and Songs


    Machu Picchu Quechua Chant
    Quechua Songs
    Mayoka - Indigenous Peruvian Chant
    Ecuador - Inca Music

    Dance
    The Incas did consider dancing as a social activity and it was only done during festivals and rituals.
    When they did dance, they were very formal and involved either just men or women although
    occasionally both genders danced together. The also performed war dances similar to war dances such
    as the Maori Haka.
    Inca Dancing and Music
    Peruvian Traditional Folk Dance
    Native Incan Dance by Students in Peru 2011
    Inca Sun Festival
    Incan Dance​ - could be used for the traditional dance done by Atahualpa (Pizarro)

    Inti Raymi Festival of the Sun Cusco


    Inti Raymi Tourism trailer

    Customs and traditions and ceremonies


    - When a child is born - tightly wrap child's head with bandages to manipulate skulls to
    be deformed (beauty).
    - Custom - creating holes in skulls of living people to heal wounds in head
    - Ritualistic cannibalism - believed to inherit the power of the person by consuming
    their flesh.
    - Capac Raymi and Inti Raymi Ceremony. ​Summer and winter solstice. Initiation
    ceremony for youths of ruling class. Inti Raymi honor sun god. During winter - urging
    sun god to return
    - Capacocha ​sacrificial ceremony yearly. Children sacrificed. Either killed or buried
    alive.
    These sacrificial victims were offerings to the sun god 'Inti' or to 'Viracocha'. It was also used
    in events like war and famine as they believed that this was a sign that the gods were upset
    and the sacrifices would please the gods. The ceremony would take place in the Inca capital
    of Cuzco and the sacrifices would be sanctified by priests who would offer the sacrifices to
    'Viracocha'. The sacrifices would then be taken along the sacred roads that linked the capital
    to the provinces. Here they would be either clubbed to death, strangled with a cord, or
    having a their throat slit, before a burial would take place. Another alternative action would
    be being buried alive in a constructed tomb. These practices served two main purposes: to
    renew the bond between the inca state and the people of the provinces, and to confirm the
    Incas lordship.

    - Incas believed in afterlife. During burial - men and women wrapped in tapestries with
    objects (weapons, pottery, food, gold jewellery) in a sitting position placed in vaults.
    - Incas stretched their earlobes

    https://www.apuandinotravelperu.com/customs-and-traditions-of-the-incas/

    Sitting/Standing posture
    Positioning for Rituals and Movements:-

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