Showing posts with label Incas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incas. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2019

The bearded invaders are not the children of Wiraqocha but the children of the Devil
 D.Anton
 Manco Inca Yupanqui was the son of Huayna Capac, probably born in 1515 in the city of Cuzco.
When Atalualpa troops took over that city, under the command of General Quizquiz, they killed the descendants of Huayna Capac, Huascar's supporters and anyone who might try to take the place of the Inca.
The Spanish invaders who arrived later imprisoned Atahualpa and then executed him in July 25, 1533 accused by "idolatry, fratricide, polygamy and incest."
Manco Inca Yupanqui had escaped from the armies of Atahualpa and collaborated with the conquerors in the belief that foreigners would free Cuzco from the "evil forces of Quito" who had killed his entire family.
He was named Inca by the foreigners but without any authority and fully controlled by them. He could not receive his subjects, or travel around the city, he watched the abuses committed by the Spaniards with noblewomen, the people and the Virgins of the Sun. It was clearly a hostage of the invaders. .
Due to mistreatment he decided to rebel and almost managed to expel the Spaniards from Cuzco (1536). When he did not succeed he took refuge in the valley of Vilcabamba (Willkapampa). He was finally killed and stabbed by a group of seven Spaniards who posed as their allies and betrayed (in 1544). Before leaving Vilcabamba Manco Inca Yupanqui sent a message to the inhabitants of the  invaded territories
"Brothers and children, I have gathered you to see the new type of people who have come to our country, those bearded men who are in this city. Because I said they were Wiraqochas which they seemed to be according to their garments, I ordered you to serve them and obey and serve them as myself.. I thought they were valuable people, thinking they were sent from afar, as always proclaimed by Tiqsi Wiraqochan, or God. But it is clear to me that everything turned out the opposite of what we expected, you should know this, my brothers, these people have shown many times since entering our country that they are not the children of Wiraqocha but the children of the Devil. "
After the death of Manco Inca Yupanqui the Vilcabamba rebellion would last another 28 years. In September 24, 1572 the last Inca, Tupac Amaru 1, was hanged in the Plaza de Cuzco and Spanish control over the former Tahuantisuyu was completed.


Ref. "Amerrique, Orphans of the Paradise", D.Anton, Piriguazu Ediciones.

Friday, July 28, 2017

The Shining Serpent of the Andean people
Danilo Anton 

Tupac Amaru, which in Quechua means, Shining Serpent, Incari, was the last Inca who held for several years the independence of the Andes nations in the selvatic mountainous valley of Vilcabamba. 

After several battles and some pitfalls, the Spaniards seized the resistant kingdom and took Tupac Amaru chained to Cuzco where he was beheaded. 
His head was exposed to the sight of people for several months.
Two centuries later, in 1780, a Quechua curaca descendant of Tupac Amaru, named Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui, rebelled against the Spaniards using the legendary name of Tupac Amaru . 
After a bloody and protracted war the new Tupac Amaru was defeated.  
In May 18, 1781, after suffering horrible tortures for a month, the last Inca was quartered in the same place where his ancestor had died 200 years earlier. 

The Shining Serpent head was severed, nailed down in a spike and publicly displayed for everyone to see.

Since then, the mountain villages are well aware that Tupac Amaru, the Incari Quechua, the Sacred Serpent, is immortal. 
It is common belief gathered by José María Arguedas: “ they say he is in Cuzco, and also say that his hair is growing and his body is growing down from his head.  The Judgment Day will come when he is whole again”.   .
In 1780, following the example of Condorcanqui, the Aymara of the highlands and the neighboring valleys of present Bolivia revolted against the Spaniards. 
The leader of the uprising was Julian Apasa, who thereafter took the name of Tupac Katari (Quechua: Tupac=Shining and Katari = Serpent).
Tupac Katari assembled an army of 80,000 men and besieged La Paz for 109 days. Finally, the rebellion was suppressed.  
Katari’s wife, Bartolina Sisa, was hanged, the Aymara leader was tortured, his tongue cut,  and finally tied to four horses and quartered. As it had happened to Tupac Amaru, his head was exposed publicly. 
Entering the XXI century, a new rebel movement of the Aymara of Bolivia appeared with a strength and dynamism that has surprised many. The leader was called Felipe Quispe, and the organization Tupac Katari.
Evo Morales, an Aymara Uro was elected several times for the presidency of the country. We must not be surprised.
Somehow, in La Paz, in Cuzco and Oruro, the ancient sacrified heads are starting to grow new bodies.
From "Peoples, Drugs and Serpents", Danilo Anton, Piriguazú Ediciones.