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What is the purpose of placing a llama fetus in a field's earth shrine?
To bring new life to the soil and anoint the land for the year
What is the significance of an Andean ayllu?
A group of people related through patrilineal descent
What happens when women in an Andean ayllu have an endogamous marriage?
They risk ancestor sickness
What is the symbolic significance of the apacheta on Mt. Kaata?
The head of the mountain
What is the purpose of llama sacrifice among the Qollahuaya?
To ensure the death of the llama is the life of the ayllu's agricultural body
What does Andean verticality entail, according to Bastien?
Efforts to control as many vegetational zones as possible
Where do major ritualists (healers) live?
In large communities together
What is the significance of the 'lower son' in Aymara mountain-related rituals?
They ensure corn abundance for the mountain
What does Bastien mean by the phrase 'They feed it and eat it. They become the mountain and the mountain becomes them'?
The rituals allow for oneness with the mountain
What is the specialization of Kaata's ayllu since pre-Inka times?
Incense production and trade
What is the role of the Kaalaya ayllu?
Linking puna and yungas regions
What is the significance of kinship ties in the trade between Kaalayans and Yunga relatives?
It guarantees the exchange of goods
Test your knowledge of the cultural and ecological practices of the Andean people, including llama sacrifice and verticality. Explore the significance of these practices in their daily lives and agricultural traditions.
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