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- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine "Fiesta de Tanta Raymi" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 15, 2014