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23 Cards in this Set
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Misikuna |
Mestizo town dwellers |
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Runakuna |
"Real Human beings", indeginous Andean peoples |
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Runasimi |
"The peoples language" what Runakuna's call there language |
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Quechua |
People of the andes and the language they speak |
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Tirakuna |
Sacred Place, landmarks the Runa worship |
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Apukuna |
"The lord", reserved for the most powerful sacred place, biggest and most dangerous mountain |
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Taytakuna |
"The Fathers", mountain lords, lesser then the Apukuna |
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Pacha Mama |
"Mother earth", what you walk on |
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Cargos |
a community office, or other duty owed to the community by its members |
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Sami |
Animating essence |
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Istrilla (Estrella) |
A small found object, thought to impart well being to the finder |
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Enqas |
Small stone model that are in andean peoples houses and are given offerings |
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Machukuna |
Old ones, quasi demonic survivor of a previous race |
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Machula Aulanchis |
"Our old grandfathers" |
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Pacha |
World, earth, a moment in time |
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K'intu |
Small offerings of coca leaves |
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Qoyllur Rit'i |
Star snow festival held annually in Cuzco |
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Ayni |
Neighborly aid, to be reciprocated in kind |
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Mink'a |
A request for labor, collective labor party |
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Sirvanakuy |
"Trial marriage", Couples don't get married for a long period of time, just live with the person. Either can call it quits at any time |
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Wari Warma |
"fat women", has nothing to do with size. Means a substantial or ideal runa women |
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Wasitira |
"House earth", because there houses are made of mud bricks from the earth, the houses are alive as well, are the homeowners own tari |
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Compadrazgo |
Spiritual coparenthood, bond of fictive kinship |
