TL20150725SacsayhuamanKenko

Machu Picchu & the Galápagos

Lima • Cuzco • Machu Picchu • Galápagos • Quito
OAT: 7/18 - 8/3, 2015

Explore Sacsayhuaman & Kenko • Curandero ceremony, Encounter a curandero ceremony during a tour of Peru:

We began this morning’s explorations at the massive Sacsayhuaman fortress set on a hilltop overlooking Cuzco.
Its double-zigzag wall is said to symbolize a puma’s teeth, and at one time, there were three immense towers
and a labyrinth of rooms large enough to garrison 5,000 Inca soldiers.
Today, the interior buildings are gone, having been dismantled by the Spaniards for their stone, but the imposing outer walls remain.
Recent excavations have revealed this ancient stone complex to be much larger than previously thought.
As we walked through, considering first that Inca workers built its walls entirely by hand, securely fitting boulders weighing as much as 125 tons
without a drop of mortar. Next we visited the sacred ceremonial center of Kenko.

Then, we witnessed a traditional healing ceremony conducted by a curandero, an Andean medicine man.
This ancient healing tradition has deep roots in Incan culture and is not simply a cure for illnesses,
but also a prayer for good health and well-being with an offering to Pachamama, a deity associated with fertility and Mother Earth.
A curandero will often employ herbs and healing plants, and for some conditions,
he may conduct a religious ritual with sacred objects and shamanic chanting (called icaros).
Thought to possess a gift from God to heal the sick, the curandero also sees himself as a front-line soldier in the battle
between good and evil on Earth—particularly when patients believe their physical ailments have supernatural causes.

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今天早上先去看 Sacsayhuaman 的巨大石壁群，呈曲折的排列，
有三層，從第一層到第二層有很窄的石門，石壁群的目的，歷史學家說法不同，
但如何將如許多的巨石搬來此地，並排列結構此陣式是一個迷，
關於此地較詳盡的說明請參閱 Wikipedia。

然後我們又去參觀 Kenko 巨石建築，
關於此地較詳盡的說明請參閱 Wikipedia。

之後我們體驗 Curandero ceremony。
然後去參觀一家銀飾工廠，

午餐後回旅館，今天下午是自由活動時間。
今天是我們在秘魯的最後一餐晚飯，到此我們旅遊前一半已結束，我們也向此地的導遊告別。