Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Cusco)

Ch'iyar Jaqhi
Ch'iyar Jaqhi

Location in Peru

Elevation 4,654 m (15,269 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru,
Cusco Region, Canas Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 14°21′28″S 71°23′39″W / 14.35778°S 71.39417°WCoordinates: 14°21′28″S 71°23′39″W / 14.35778°S 71.39417°W

Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Aymara ch'iyara black, jaqhi precipice, cliff,[2] "black cliff", hispanicized spelling Chiaraje) is a mountain the Andes of Peru, about 4,654 m (15,269 ft) high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, on the border of the districts Langui, Quehue and Yanaoca.[1][3]

Ch'iyar Jaqhi or Tupay[4][5] (Quechua for to crash, to collide)[6] is also the name of a festival which annually takes place at the mountain in the plain called Ch'iyar Jaqhi Pampa on January 20. During the festival people of various communities meet to fight against each other. It is considered a ritual battle.[7] This clash between communities is similar to the ritual battle of Tupay Tuqtu which also takes place in the Canas Province.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)
  4. ↑ "Rumbos de Sol & Piedra | El Chiaraje, pago de sangre a la Madre Tierra". Rumbosdelperu.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  5. ↑ Néstor René Mayma Quispe (2012-01-29). "El Baúl de las Costumbres.: CHIARAJE, 20 de enero, Canas (Cusco-Perú)". Nestorcostumbres.blogspot.de. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  6. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  7. ↑ Juan Zecenarro Muelle. "El chiaraje". Quehue.galeon.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.