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Friday, July 16, 2010

The Legend of: The Chancay Maiden of the Supe Valley of Peru [In Spanish and English]

Advance: before the Inca, Chancay, Moche, and Chavin there was the Caral civilization, in the North-central coast of Peru, five thousand years ago (3000 BC)) all these civilizations lived in the Supe Valley at one time except the Moche, who lived in Chan Chan, bordering the coast. Caral, a city-state you might say, or perhaps a small sanctuary along the Supe Rio (of which were perhaps some 3000-inhabidents at one time)) of which I first crossed by foot, and came back by horse)), in the Supe Valley, is most bravura, for I have been there and can bear this out.

This civilization coexisted with that of Mesopotamia of the Near East, or Crete of Europe; perhaps built their pyramids at the same time Egypt did. The city is not only sacred, but it was political, with all its six pyramids, tucked away in a mountain like corral (so it got its name), in that it is surrounded by beautiful mountains, known as the.... It is about 165-miles north of Lima; it is also the city known as ‘…dwelling place of the gods….’ You have three regions here: the Andean highlands, Andean jungle, and equatorial coastal area, of which now I have been to all three. It is close to the sea, the mountains look over it, and the jungle is not that far away. [Caral: in Quechua, is cabuya, or sisal, a dry fiber often used in weaving.] Pottery was not discovered until later to have been made at Caral, thus, no early dates for its baking process. One would have to date it perhaps between the Inca and Chavin cultures, or a better date might be the Chancay culture. It is known that the Chancay culture lived right on the site of the Caral Culture between 900 and 1300 AD.

The Poem:

She sat crossed legged: the Sacred Supe Rio to her right:

Small, sloping forehead: deep brown, secretive eyes;

Thin lips, slightly upward, triangular chin; thin hair.
Sparse outer eyebrows (beautiful) with a straight torso.

She was naked, arms stretched, crossed behind.

(She died according to her times.)

She sat crossed legged: the year 1102 AD, among her

Lay, unbaked clay figurines; color cotton textiles;

Head adornments: were two circular headdresses
Linked-and-twisted, made out of totora reed, rush fiber

And cotton thread; a wooden comb by her knees.

Pieces of pottery lay by her side, in the warm valley sand

To the left of her were the Caral ruins, the old city.
(Four thousand years had now passed, her Ancestors long gone;

Gone, now dead, perhaps her blood was currently, intermixed

With the many cultures that once walked this land.)

She sat crossed legged and thought: how crafty she was

Compared to them, for she had made handles for her pottery,

And she was proud, so very proud, of being: Peruvian
(with 11,000-years of proven history). She brushed away the

Mosquitoes, watched her friends plant corn, hot peppers
Along the banks of the Rio, in the Sacred Valley of Supe.

She sat crossed legged until sunset: watching the reds and

Yellows and orange mist fade into the sun’s brightness:

Thus, she wept and wept, for someone or thing had broken
Her pottery, as she laid still from a blow to the back of the head,

Her face (her cranial traumatized); it was all she could see,
As they bound her knees, the way they did back in 3000 BC!…

(She was part of the Caral legend. I for one, picked up those
Pieces of clay, with handles, in the sands of the Supe Valley).

#1312 4/13/06

In Spanish
Translated by Nancy Penaloza

La Leyenda De:
La Doncella De Chancay del Valle De Supe de Perú

Avance: antes de la Inca, Chancay, Moche, y Chavín hubo allí la civilización de Caral, en la costa Centro al Norte de Perú, hace cinco mil años (3000 antes de Cristo) todas estas civilizaciones vivió en el Valle de Supe en cierta época excepto La Moche, que vivió en Chan Chan, bordeando la costa. Caral, una ciudad - estado usted podría decir, o quizás un pequeño santuario a lo largo de Río Supe (del cual eran quizás unos 3000-habitantes inhabidents en cierta época)) él cual yo primero crucé a pie, y volví a caballo)), en el Valle de Supe, esta la mayor virtuosidad, ya que he estado allí y puedo confirmar esto. Esta civilización coexistió con la Mesopotámica del cercano Oriente, o Creta de Europa; quizás construyó sus pirámides al mismo tiempo que lo hizo Egipto. La ciudad no sólo es sagrada, sino también fue política, con todas sus seis pirámides, metidas en una montaña como corral (Así esto consiguió su nombre), la cual está rodeada por montañas hermosas, conocidos así. Esto está aproximadamente a 165 millas al norte de Lima; esta es también la ciudad conocida como “…el lugar de morada de los dioses”. Usted tiene tres regiones aquí: las tierras altas Andinas, la selva Andina, y el área ecuatorial costera, de cual ahora he estado de todas las tres. Está cerca del mar, las montañas se ven sobre esto, y la selva no está muy lejos de aquí. [Caral: en quechua, es cabuya, o el sisal, una fibra seca a menudo usada en el tejido.] La Cerámica no fue descubierta hasta más tarde, para ser hecho en Caral, más, ningún dato reciente para su proceso de cocción. Uno podría tener un dato de esto talvez entre la Cultura Inca y Chavín, o una fecha mejor podría ser la cultura Chancay. Es sabido que la cultura Chancay vivió exactamente sobre el sitio de la Cultura Caral entre 900 y 1300 después de Cristo.

El Poema:

Ella se sentó de piernas cruzadas: El Río Sagrado Supe a su derecha:
Frente pequeña, inclinada: marrón profundo, ojos reservados;
Labios finos, barbilla ligeramente ascendente, triangular; pelo
Fino.
Cejas escasas externas (hermosas) con un torso erguido.
Ella estaba desnuda, brazos estirados, cruzados detrás.

(Ella murió de acuerdo a su época).

Ella se sentó de piernas cruzadas: el año 1102 después de Cristo, entre ella

Colocados, estatuillas de arcilla cruda; textiles de algodón coloreado;
Adornos delanteros: eran dos tocados circulares

Unidos-y-torcidos, hechos de la caña de totora, la fibra de junco
y el hilo de algodón; un peine de madera por sus rodillas.

Piezas de cerámica colocados por su lado, en la arena caliente del valle

A la izquierda de ella estaban las ruinas de Caral, la vieja ciudad.
(Cuatro mil años ahora habían pasado, sus Antepasados hace mucho tiempo

Idos;
Idos, ahora muertos, quizás su sangre estaba actualmente, entremezclada
Con muchas de las culturas que una vez anduvieron esta tierra.)

Ella se sentó con las piernas cruzadas y pensó: cuán astuta era ella

Comparada a ellos, ya que ella había hecho manijas para su

Cerámica,
y ella estuvo orgullosa, tan orgullosa, de ser: Peruano
(Con de 11,000 años de historia probada). Ella quitó los
Mosquitos, vio a sus amigos plantar maíz, pimientos
Picantes
A lo largo de las orillas de Río, en el Valle Sagrado de Supe.

Ella se sentó con las piernas cruzadas hasta la puesta del sol: mirando las rojas y
Amarillas y anaranjadas nieblas atenuadas dentro del resplandor
del sol:
Así, ella lloró y lloró, por alguien o cosa que había
roto
Su cerámica, mientras ella inmovilizada por un golpe taras de

La cabeza,
Su cara (su cráneo fracturado); ¡era todo lo que ella
Podría ver,
Mientras ellos ataron sus rodillas, del modo que ellos lo hicieron antes hace, 3000 antes de Cristo! …

(Ella era parte de la leyenda de Caral. Yo por uno, recogí
Aquellos
Pedazos de arcilla, con manijas, en las arenas del Valle
De Supe).

*1312 4/13/06

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Nine Poems on the Events in the Mantaro Valley of Peru (In Spanish and English)

1) The General's Chullos

General Avelino, dressed llamas up with chullos (hats), and his soldiers with feminine skirts--and fooled the Chilean invaders, as they killed them: one by one, in the Pacific War, in the Andes, of the Mantaro Valley of Peru.

Note: #1431 8-19-2006; Inspired by Marissa Cardenas, of the Carreo newspaper, during my Interview on 8-192-2006.

2) The Winds of August

The winds of August

In Huancayo,

In the Mantaro Valley--

And all its town-lets:

Gusty they can be--

(With their physical prowess);

A time to fly kites,

To rest in meadows, parks

And along the banks of the Rios:

Feel its vitality, as the winds

Blend in, with the sun.

#1428 (Dedicated to and inspirited by: Rosa Pentaloza de Siluk, while walking down the sidewalk, in Huancayo, 8-18-2006.

3) "Bullfight at the Avelinos
Feast"

The bullfight at the Avelionos annual feast--in August, in San Jeronimo de Tunan, Peru, is most different than others I've know.

The Horns blast, and the bull-beasts run from pen into the Plaza de Toro's; hundreds of guests in the bullring, jump up, and on, and behind the fences--;
As the Avelinos dance, wave and stumble about the bullring in a craze.

#1430, 8-19-2006; written on the bus, on the way back from the bullfight, at the feast, about 5:15 PM; cramped in this little bus, it was a feat to write anything at all.

4) The Chonguinada´s Dance

(Of the Avelinos Feast)) 1879'1883))

The Chonguinada´s dance like pelicans, with spread out wings--with decorative cloths (skirts, capes, and Rhine-stones, old coins all attached to their costumes; black and white hates, a feather tucked into its side; then they dance up and down the streets head held high, smiling, making everything alive, beer in hand, making fun with sparks of snobbery, gestures at the Spanish, of those far off days, of the Pacific War.

Note: #1427 8-18-2006, in part, inspired by Basilia Bonilla.

5) Watching the Birds Fly

My feet sway, slowly, now at the floor;
My torso tugs tightly against my thighs,
Sometimes when I'm watching birds fly

about--
From the windows of my apartment

house--(in Huancayo)
A white and blue sky under them...
I seem to have less to say, perhaps

thinking
(Like they would like to think)) if

they could))
Thinking: soon we shall be gone; thus,
We move slowly now (both, them and I))

Or not at all))
From our dwelling place?

Note: written at my apartment on a Monday Morning; 8-21-2006, #1435.

6) Huancayo Pancakes

Darkness from the sky

Had descended onto the city

Gutters running with garbage

(Yet to be cleaned from the Sunday feast)

The streets still filled with bodies....

The night still filled with noises--,

Flickering faces among the arc-lights,

Dogs cursing one another--

Fighting for the leftovers of the

Sunday feasible (along the market street);
You could hear the trashing sounds

Mingled with clashing of ivory
Steel (grinding) teeth! ...
Mad dogs, no longer at play;

Women, children moving out of their way.

"A pancake please!" so says my wife, as

We sit on two of the five stools

At this scanty street café--

"Coffee, please," I add.

And there we sat, strangers and all

(At this very little café, overlooking the sky of

Huancayo)
And we talked about the beauty of the city

and Peru,
And all that strangers talk about, at 7:00 PM--

(on a dark Sunday Evening).

This is what life is made of (I tell myself

looking about),
Strangers who become friends

Slobbering down coffee and pancakes

At 7:00 PM! ...my toes in sandals

Touching a huge block of cement,

No great comfort, just escaping

for the moment.

Note: 8-20-2006, the Huancayo Pancake, is deep fried, and looks round, and large as elephant ears; and when it is cooking in the hot grease it bubbles and fries to a deep brown.

7) The Amuc and the Opium Eater

Darkness shred

Over the horizon

(over the Andes)

Melts as it descends

Tangible shadows creep up

Floating in-between

As the Amuc, vanish

Like flickering sparks

Of light... dancing back and forth--

With their iron wings

Of ebony--.

They cover the sky at twilight

As far as the eye can see!

Then rip open a hole in the earth

And descend

While looking at me.

There was a swirled of winds

Chaotic strokes with swards

As the Amuc sank--

Heal to head, sank

Down into the heart of the earth

Then I stood bewilderedly

Wondering what the outcome would be

It all happened so fast

Unable to remember

From conscious thought

But here they descended into the rocks

As they dealt me a stroke

On my skull,

And drug me down

Into their hole.

Note: #1425 8-25-2006 (The Amuc is the little people of the Andes--, perhaps corresponding to the fairy, or goblin. The Amuc live in the Andean mines Peru--for the most part; in part inspired by Papa Augusto.

8) The Mighty Sore Foot

The foot, the foot, the foot

Can be a mighty thing,

The foot, the foot, the foot

Supports everything.

But when it's sore,

One seems helpless.

The foot, the foot, the foot:

And that's another thing!

8-12-06, written in the Mantaro Valley, in Huancayo, Peru. o1421

Dedicated to Mary Sophie (nine-years old), for giving me a sore foot rub, and soak in the water;

Spanish Versión

El Enorme Dolor de Pie

El pie, el pie, el pie

Puede ser una enorme cosa,

El pie, el pie, el pie

Soporta todo.

Pero cuando está adolorido

Uno parece impotente.

El pie, el pie, el pie.

¡Y eso es otra cosa!

12-Agosto-2006, escrito en el Valle del Mantaro, en Huancayo, Perú.

Dedicado a Maria Sofía (de nueve años de edad), por darme una frotación para mi dolor de pie, y remojarlo en agua.

9) The Wanka:

And the Arwaturo Ruins (of Peru)

(Urpurampi & the God Huallallo Carhuancho)

Over looking Laguna Ñahuinpuquio

from the mountain-top

where resides

Las Ruins De Arwaturo,

one can visualize the Wanka...

walking, talking, ruling, and storing their grains:

cloths, corn, potatoes, olluco y masgua

(storing them in graneros, the towering ancient ruins)

alongside and within this Valley-region, of beauty--.

Here the dark-breathe, that rests

underneath the belly of the rain-clouds

are sucked to and upon the tops of the mountains,

within its gorges and crevasses,

making shadows upon its breasts.

This is the land of the Wankas.

Cultural Commentary: The Wanka culture was founded by Urpurampi, and the God was Carhuancho, in the Mantaro Valley Region. They used to sacrifice the dog, after the sacrifice of the dog, they ate him. The skull of the dog was used for a horn during time of war. The culture predates the Inca culture. The Wankas were warriors, and used lances and shields, also porras, and Hondas (like King David used); and they were rebels who sought their liberty. They took advantage of the rain, to grow the many fruits and vegetables within their valley regions. They also had herds of llamas and alpacas: from these two animals, they made there sandals. Arwaturo, the name of the ruins, means: ´burnt bones´. The Wanka culture dates from 800 AD to 1400 AD. The Arwaturo ruins, of which I've climbed, are up some 11,318 feet.

Dedicated to Cesar Segura (of TV Cable), Joseito Arrieta (of Radio Sabor Mix) and Diego Veliz (2006--Candidate for Mayor of Huancayo, Peru)) (No: 1422; 8-13-2006; written after visiting the site.))

Spanish Versión

Los Huancas

Y Las Ruinas Arwaturo (de Perú)

(Urpurampi y El Dios Huallallo Carhuancho)

Mirando de arriba la Laguna Ñahuinpuquio

Desde la cumbre de las montañas

donde reside

Las ruinas de Las de Arwaturo, uno puede visualizar el Wanka ... el paseo, la conversación, el gobernar, y el almacenaje sus granos: paños, grano, patatas, olluco y masgua (almacenaje de ellos en graneros, las ruinas altísimas antiguas) junto a y dentro de esta Región de valle, de belleza-.

Aquí el oscuro - respiran, que descansa debajo del vientre de las nubes de lluvias son aspirados a y sobre las cimas de las montañas, dentro de sus desfiladeros y hendiduras, haciendo sombras sobre sus pechos. Esto es la tierra del Wankas.

Over looking Laguna Ñahuinpuquio

from the mountain-top

where resides

Las Ruins De Arwaturo,

one can visualize the Wanka...

walking, talking, ruling, and storing their grains:

cloths, corn, potatoes, olluco y masgua

(storing them in graneros, the towering ancient ruins)

alongside and within this Valley-region, of beauty--.

Comentario Cultural: La cultura Wanka fue fundada por Urpurampi, y Dios era Carhuancho, en el Hombre - taro la Región de Valle. Ellos solían sacrificar el perro, después del sacrificio del perro, ellos lo comieron. El cráneo del perro fue usado para un cuerno durante el tiempo de guerra. La cultura precede la cultura inca. El Wankas era guerreros, y usó lanzas y escudos, también porras, y Hondas (como el Rey David usado); y ellos eran los rebeldes que buscaron su libertad. Ellos aprovecharon la lluvia, cultivar muchas frutas y verduras dentro de sus regiones de valle. Ellos también tenían las manadas de llamas y alpacas: de estos dos animales, ellos hicieron allí sandalias. Arwaturo, el nombre de las ruinas, medio: ' los huesos quemados. La cultura Wanka pasa de moda de 800 ANUNCIO a 1400 ANUNCIO. El Arwaturo arruína, del cual he subido, me levanto aproximadamente 11,318 pies.

Dedicado a Cesar Segura (de Cable de TV), Joseito Arrieta (de Radio Sabor Mezcla) y Diego Veliz (de 2006 candidatos por Alcalde de Huancayo, Perú)) (el No 1422; 8-13-2006; escrito después de visita al sitio.))

Here the dark-breathe, that rests

underneath the belly of the rain-clouds

are sucked to and upon the tops of the mountains,

within its gorges and crevasses,

making shadows upon its breasts.

This is the land of the Wankas.

Cultural Commentary: The Wanka culture was founded by Urpurampi, and the God was Carhuancho, in the Man- taro Valley Region. They used to sacrifice the dog, after the sacrifice of the dog, they ate him. The skull of the dog was used for a horn during time of war. The culture predates the Inca culture. The Wankas were warriors, and used lances and shields, also porras, and Hondas (like King David used); and they were rebels who sought their liberty. They took advantage of the rain, to grow the many fruits and vegetables within their valley regions. They also had herds of llamas and alpacas: from these two animals, they made there sandals. Arwaturo, the name of the ruins, means: ´burnt bones´. The Wanka culture dates from 800 AD to 1400 AD. The Arwaturo ruins, of which I've climbed, are up some 11,318 feet.

Dedicated to Cesar Segura (of TV Cable), Joseito Arrieta (of Radio Sabor Mix) and Diego Veliz (2006--Candidate for Mayor of Huancayo, Peru)) (No: 1422; 8-13-2006; written after visiting the site.))

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