The Festival of The Images in The Andes
Pachakuti showcase.
Pachakuti or the end of the world. Sarhua tableau, wood. Ayacucho, Perú. Colección particular LEN-6 (600 x 300 mm).
Pachakuti, the overturning of the world caused by the Spanish conquest. Bowl, pyroengraved gourd. Andes Centrales, Perú. Colección particular, LEN-2 (300 x 100 mm).
CONQUISTA / CÓRTANLE LA CAVESA A ATAGVALPA INGA / VMANTA CVCHVN [Le cortan la cabeza.] / Murió Atahualpa en la ciudad de Caxamarca. Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala [1613], El primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno, f. 390/302.
Libro segundo de la Historia del Piru. Martín de Múrua [1613]. Historia y genealogía de los reyes incas delP erú, Códice Murúa, Manuscrito Galvin, f. 51.
Pachakuti
This Andean concept means ‘overturning of the world’ and reflects violent upheavals such as earthquakes and other natural disasters as well as invasions by other peoples. Andean societies therefore applied the concept to the Spanish conquest, which they interpreted as the inversion of the social and religious order known up to that time.