Category: Culture
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15 Quechua Words That Change How You Experience Peru
I grew up in Cusco, which means I grew up inside Quechua, even when I didn’t fully realize it. Quechua words are woven into the names of the streets, the mountains, the food, the ceremonies. You can’t live in Cusco and not absorb it, even if you’re not a fluent speaker. Quechua consists of related…
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Pachamama Meaning: The Real Andean Cosmology Behind the Word
In Quechua, the language of the Inca, Pachama means earth — but also time, and space, and the cosmos. Mama means mother. She is the mother who is the earth, the time, and the world — all at once. I grew up in Peru. In the Andes, Pachamama meaning is not a metaphor or a…