Incas worshipping the sun god

The Inca Empire - Contextualising your surroundings (on stage)

Important Information:

The Eight Day Feast

As the Incas relied heavily on agriculture in order for their society to function effectively it was very
important to them to hold rituals that would honor the gods who make their crops grow. During the
feast each day a ritual chanting begins at dawn when the sun rises. It then grows to a crescendo at
noon, and finishes with silence by dusk. Burnt offerings of llamas are given to the sun god. The Inca
royalty are dressed in clothing that is comprised of both silver and gold.
Significance
During the farming scene we could add chanting (when the soldiers are watching us), that grows into
crescendo then becomes silent (it would also be a version of the song we have to sing later). Also we
may possibly be able to express the burning of the llama

The Combing Of The Hair

This was the coming of age ceremony for girls. Priestesses would perform in this ceremony. During
this ceremony a girl would come of age and choose her new name. girls would be sent to Cuzco
where the ceremony would take place and they would become either brides or princesses.of rulers.
Only the most beautiful girls would be chosen. many people would gather and there would be
dancing.
Burial and Mummification
Inca rulers were extremely powerful and revered by most followers. Veneration of the rulers
did not end with their death; they were mummified and displayed during special public
rituals so their legends would be retained as a living presence. Their mummies were served
by ​panacas, ​royal descendants of the dead lord endowed with great wealth. The panacas' role
was to conserve the dead ruler's ​mummy​ and to immortalize his life and achievements with
the help of chants and rituals performed on ceremonial occasions in the presence of the
succeeding lord and the mummies of other dead Inca lords. These rites were passed on from
generation to generation. Some ancestors were never forgotten, however. They were
considered heroic figures who gave the Inca their identity. Their corpses were mummified,
revered, and saved as sacred objects.

Social death​​: when certain privileged individuals remained active in the minds, souls, and
daily lives of the living until they were forgotten or replaced by other prominent figures.

Quechua Chants and Songs

Machu Picchu Quechua Chant
Quechua Songs
Mayoka - Indigenous Peruvian Chant
Ecuador - Inca Music

Dance
The Incas did consider dancing as a social activity and it was only done during festivals and rituals.
When they did dance, they were very formal and involved either just men or women although
occasionally both genders danced together. The also performed war dances similar to war dances such
as the Maori Haka.
Inca Dancing and Music
Peruvian Traditional Folk Dance
Native Incan Dance by Students in Peru 2011
Inca Sun Festival
Incan Dance​ - could be used for the traditional dance done by Atahualpa (Pizarro)

Inti Raymi Festival of the Sun Cusco

Inti Raymi Tourism trailer

Customs and traditions and ceremonies

- When a child is born - tightly wrap child's head with bandages to manipulate skulls to
be deformed (beauty).
- Custom - creating holes in skulls of living people to heal wounds in head
- Ritualistic cannibalism - believed to inherit the power of the person by consuming
their flesh.
- Capac Raymi and Inti Raymi Ceremony. ​Summer and winter solstice. Initiation
ceremony for youths of ruling class. Inti Raymi honor sun god. During winter - urging
sun god to return
- Capacocha ​sacrificial ceremony yearly. Children sacrificed. Either killed or buried
alive.
These sacrificial victims were offerings to the sun god 'Inti' or to 'Viracocha'. It was also used
in events like war and famine as they believed that this was a sign that the gods were upset
and the sacrifices would please the gods. The ceremony would take place in the Inca capital
of Cuzco and the sacrifices would be sanctified by priests who would offer the sacrifices to
'Viracocha'. The sacrifices would then be taken along the sacred roads that linked the capital
to the provinces. Here they would be either clubbed to death, strangled with a cord, or
having a their throat slit, before a burial would take place. Another alternative action would
be being buried alive in a constructed tomb. These practices served two main purposes: to
renew the bond between the inca state and the people of the provinces, and to confirm the
Incas lordship.

- Incas believed in afterlife. During burial - men and women wrapped in tapestries with
objects (weapons, pottery, food, gold jewellery) in a sitting position placed in vaults.
- Incas stretched their earlobes

https://www.apuandinotravelperu.com/customs-and-traditions-of-the-incas/

Sitting/Standing posture
Positioning for Rituals and Movements:-