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Takanakuy, the Glossary

Takanakuy (Quechua for "to hit each other") is an annual established practice of fighting fellow community members held on 25 December, by the inhabitants of Chumbivilcas Province, near Cuzco, in Peru.^[1]

18 relations: Andes, Archetype, Bolivia, Catharsis, Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Cusco), Chumbivilcas Province, Colca River, Cusco, Festivus, Lima, Locust, Peru, Potosí, Quechuan languages, Santo Tomás District, Chumbivilcas, Taki Unquy, Tinku, Wrestling.
Christmas-linked holidays
Cusco Region
Quechua words and phrases
Seasonal traditions
Traditional holidays
Violence in Peru

Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Archetype

The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Catharsis

Catharsis is from the Ancient Greek word κάθαρσις,, meaning "purification" or "cleansing", commonly used to refer to the purification and purgation of thoughts and emotions by way of expressing them.

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Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Cusco)

Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Aymara ch'iyara black, jaqhi precipice, cliff, "black cliff", Hispanicized spelling Chiaraje) is a mountain the Andes of Peru, about high. Takanakuy and ch'iyar Jaqhi (Cusco) are Cusco Region.

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Chumbivilcas Province

Chumbivilcas is a province in the Andes in South Peru.

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Colca River

Colca River (possibly from Quechua qullqa deposit) which downstream is called Majes and Camaná is a Peruvian river in the Arequipa Region that flows deep in the rugged Andes of southern Peru.

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Cusco

Cusco or Cuzco (Qusqu or Qosqo) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river.

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Festivus

Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Takanakuy and Festivus are December observances.

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Lima

Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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Locust

Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Potosí

Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia.

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Quechuan languages

Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.

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Santo Tomás District, Chumbivilcas

Santo Tomás District is one of eight districts of the province Chumbivilcas in Peru.

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Taki Unquy

Taki Unquy (Quechua, Hispanicized and alternative spellings Taqui Ongoy, Taki Oncoy, Taqui Honcoy, Taqui Onccoy, Taki Onqoy) was a millenarian Indigenous movement of political, religious and cultural dimensions which arose in the Peruvian Andes during the 16th century (c. 1564 - c. 1572) in opposition to the recent Spanish arrival.

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Tinku

Tinku, a Bolivian Quechua tradition from Norte Potosí, began as a form of ritualistic combat.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanakuy