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
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!