In the Quechua, Aymara, and Inca mythologies, Supay was both the God of death and ruler of the Ukhu Pacha, the Incan underworld, as well as a race of demons. Supay is associated with miners' rituals.
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco, is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno on the east; Arequipa on the south; and Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín on the west. Its capital is Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire.
Calca Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Its seat is Calca.
Paucartambo Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Paucartambo is one of six districts of the Paucartambo Province in Peru.
Paucartambo is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paucartambo in the region Cusco. Paucartambo is home to the colourful Virgen del Carmen festival, held each 16 July. Paucartambo's three-day Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is one of the biggest street parties in Peru, and attracts tens of thousands of travellers, almost all Peruvian, each year.
Pillku Urqu, also known as Pikul, Piqul or Wayna Piqul, is a 4,448-metre-high (14,593 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru, near the city of Cusco. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Taray District, and in the Cusco Province, San Jerónimo District, north of San Jerónimo.
Chukchu is the name of a festival and a satirical dance of the Andes region in Peru. The festival is held annually on August 25 in the Santo Tomás District of the Chumbivilcas Province in the Cusco Region. The dance is performed on festivals dedicated to the patron saints (fiestas patronales) of communities in the provinces of Anta, Canchi, Chumbivilcas, La Convención and Paucartambo. The figures represented in the dance are sick persons, nurses, doctors, assistants and mosquitos. Members of the Chukchu troup may wear sickly masks, that represent plantation house slaves who became infected with malaria in the jungle. Their choreography includes throwing flour on crowd in imitation of the spread of disease.
Siklla, Wayra (Quechua) or Doctorcitos is a satirical folk dance in Bolivia and Peru. The dance is a mockery of the Spanish lawyers of the colonial period.
Qhapaq Qulla is a folk dance in Peru. It is performed at festivals of the Cusco Region, such as Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo and the important Quyllur Rit'i at the Winter Solstice on the mountain Qullqipunku.
Ch'unchu is a folk dance in Peru. It is performed on festivals of the Cusco Region like Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo and Quyllur Rit'i. Varieties include q'ara ch'unchu, qhapaq ch'unchu and wayri ch'unchu. Its name comes from a derogatory Quechua word for native inhabitants of the Amazon Rainforest.
Qhapaq negro is a traditional dance in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is performed at festivals such as Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo, celebrating Our Lady of Mount Carmel. and the Festividad de la Virgen del Rosario in the town of Huallhua, San Salvador District, Calca Province, Cusco Department.
Chawaytiri is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Pisac District, near the village Chawaytiri. The principal section with paintings predominantly showing llamas is named Llamachayuq Qaqa or Chawaytiri. It lies on the slope of the mountain Muruwiksa (Moro-Wicsa, Morowiqsa, Morro Huicsa). The other sections are named Wamanwachana, Kawituyuq (Cahuituyoc), P'allqapata (Pallcapata), Musuqllaqta (Mosoqllaqta), Misaqaqa and Qaqa.
Tauja is a 4,039.8-metre-high (13,254 ft) mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Paucartambo Province, Caicay District, northeast of Huaypun. The Vilcanota River flows around its southern and western slopes. In the east the mountain is bordered by the Huancamayo. It is a right tributary of the Vilcanota River. The confluence is south of the mountain.
Qhiwar is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,400 metres (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District. Qhiwar lies between Hatun Punta in the east and Wallwa Qhata in the southwest.
P'unquchayuq is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,400 metres (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Paucartambo Province, Caicay District. P'unquchayuq lies south of Hatun Punta and southeast of Qhiwar.
Saqra Mach'ay is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high. It is located in the Pasco Region, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Yanahuanca District. Saqra Mach'ay lies southwest of Puka Mach'ay.
Saqra Mach'ay is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,750 m (15,580 ft) high, in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Ticlacayan District. It lies northwest of the Waqurunchu mountain range, southeast of Wamanripayuq.
Saqra Waqra is a mountain in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,000 m (13,000 ft). It is located in the Huánuco Region, Dos de Mayo Province, Marías District. Saqra Waqra lies southwest of a lake named Ñat'inqucha.
Sagrahuagra is a mountain in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,200 m (13,800 ft). It is located in the Huánuco Region, Huánuco Province, Churubamba District.
