Tag: Andes

Better Not to Talk About It

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Dreams and Visions

Better Not to Talk About It

Elżbieta Jodłowska – an ethnologist and researcher of the culture of the Indigenous Andean Quechua people – talks about the bogeyman figure of the ‘pishtaco’ in the Andes.

World + People

Dreams and Visions

The Incanet

The Qhapaq Ñan (or Royal Road) covers almost the entire Andean region. What was the purpose of this Inca network of roads, bridges and tunnels?

Marta Kania

The Pishtaco Emerges from the Andes

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The Pishtaco Emerges from the Andes

The pishtaco – a seemingly mythical creature that lives among the Indigenous peoples of the Andes – has its origins in the real-life events of Spanish colonialism.

Socialism in Cusco?

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Socialism in Cusco?

The Incan Empire was driven by many surprising yet successful ideas – such as managing a powerful political entity without a market economy.

Scotty Hendricks