Archive for June, 2012

Crazy Road in the Andes Mountains

This is the road you have to take from Santiago to get to El Colorado Resort. It has 40 numbered switchbacks and at least a 100 curves. That day it was around 70 degrees in Santiago and 30 degrees at the ski resort. I wouldn’t drive on this road if you are prone to getting [...]

Initiation: A Woman’s Spiritual Adventure in the Heart of the Andes

Initiation: A Woman’s Spiritual Adventure in the Heart of the Andes In 1989, Elizabeth Jenkins was living in San Francisco, working on a doctorate in clinical psychology. Her life seemed full…but she felt empty. Then she traveled to Peru, intending to research Andean healing practices–and found herself taking an unexpected journey, with the guidance of [...]

Spanish Verb Training Software, Luxury or Neccessity?

Spanish verb conjugation is without a shadow of a doubt, the most difficult part of learning Spanish. The fact that most of the verbs you will use regularly are irregular verbs just compounds the problem as it makes it even more difficult to reach the point where you can hold down a half-decent conversation. To [...]

Tink’u – Llajtaymanta & Kory Waynas

Tinku is a form of ritual conflict practiced by Indigenous Peoples in the Andean region. In a local kinship system people are divided to two halves or moieties, which have unequal status. These two halves represent the cosmogony of Andean cultures about the makeup of the Universe: the union (or encounter) between two opposite but [...]

Inca Religion and Customs

Inca Religion and Customs Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo’s Historia del Nuevo Mundo is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are now lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer valuable insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. Inca Religion and Customs is [...]

Writing – Security Cover Letters

A security job profile requires the knowledge of various advanced tools and techniques to protect the organization’s resources and information technology research. Such research is considered as the most vital part of an organization’s assets and hence, while writing security cover letters, you need to give considerable attention towards highlighting your relevant knowledge about the [...]

Ancient CULTS Peru destination, rituals, GOLD Incas ORO, culture CHAVIN CARAL PUNKURI tours

CULTS & RITUALS ancient Peru, Peru Milenario progr. 3 Objetivo: Mostrar la tradición de culto y ritual en la costa y la sierra peruana y su importancia en el funcionamiento social de los grupos prehispánicos y actuales. Sitios : Punkurí, Caral, Chavín de Huantar, Colección de Oro del BCR. Ancient cults and rituals Peru, 古老崇拜和仪式秘鲁Oude [...]

Bolivia And Local Cultural

Holidays in Bolivia usually include a visit to Potosi, the highest City in the World. Its climates and temperatures are some of the most extreme and its landscapes too. The country, as a whole, has a sort of rustic, dry feel, but as your holidays in Bolivia takes you nearer the equator you also have [...]