Dear All
I will take the overnight bus to Nazca tonight. Mainly, I am going to see the land drawing
from UFO.
Let me tell you what I have done these days. I visited Arequipa. There is a Museo Santuarios Andinos which
Ice-Princess is in there.
Who is Ice-Princess 冰公主? The names is very beautiful, right?.. Actually, we call her Juanita. Juanita was a Inca young girl who was discovered in 1995 by anthropologist Dr. Johan Reinhard. She was discovered in Ampato Vocano. It means that she was dead on the top of a ice-mountain. This volcano mountain was about 6380 above sea level, sheltered 冰公主 in its bosom for more than 500 years. When she died, she was about 12-14 years old. She was offered to the God of mountain by the Inca priests.
At that time (500 years ago), 冰公主 had to travel to Cusco (Capital city of Inca) accompanied by a group of very important people of the region. Then, she needed to see the King of Inca. She was welcomed in Cusco by the Inca King in person who transmitted his divinity. At that moment, she accepted the reality of her death and her own communication with the mountain Gods. The Inca King would make this 冰公主 to offer for Apu Ampated (Where she offered in the mountain, for that mountain God). Then, that group of people would make a journey to that mountain, but Juanita 冰公主 would be offered in a journey without return, towards divinity!
After great festivities and rituals, 冰公主 would have a good meal. Then, 冰公主 had to be put to sleep before the precise blow on her tight eyebrow would cause her to die. Research that is being done found out that she was subjected to a fast so the effects of the sedative were faster. There are also research done on her DNA..health... sickness.....etc.
She was died on the top of the mountain, it was cold, so her body was able to be kept for more than 500 years. Therefore, we call her 冰公主! Remember! She is not a mummy... it is different... because her body was kept in ice...so there body was well kept.. Therefore, we should not call her mummy... we should respect her, so please do not call her mummy... PLEASE call her 冰公主 or Juanita.. In Arequipa, she was so respected by people and travelers in here... they all call her Ice-Princess.. Althought what we can see is a dead body, and it might not look good.. but we still should respect Juanita. Please do not forget.. do not say ... mummy...died body...etc......Please call her 冰公主! Remember! do not feel scare about her. Actually.. she was a beautiful young inca girl from 500 years agoi.. This is the rule when we visited her in Museo of Santuarios Andinois, we all call her 冰公主!
To visit 冰公主, we needed to follow a group guide. Also, it is not allowed to take any photo inside, but I got 2 postcards.
Museo Santuarios Andinos , 冰公主 is inside!
冰公主 ´s clothes and how she looks like when she offered to the mountain God.. (from postcard)
I will talk more about 冰公主 when I finish the trip... because is very sad story...
Then, I join a 2 days tour to visit Colca Canyon..
Can you name it? Actually, those are not llama you saw b4.. I will tell you the name later, they are different!
This is the highest level in my trip, some people from the group got sick because of high sea level! .. As I remember, one of the mountain was where 冰公主 was offered.
Inca music show at the dinner.
Inca dance..
Finally, we were all invited to dance together!
Yesterday, the local tour visited the Colca Canyon.
Colca Canyon is the deepest canyon in the world. I will talk more about the trip after I finish the trip. My notebook computer was broken. Please forgive me that I can not type Chinese. Also, please forgive me that I will not be able to reply you and visit you. I will reply you and visit you after I finish my trip. I will take overnight long bus to Nazca to see the land drawing from UFO 2000 years ago. Please come back!
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