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The Inca calendar, tailored to the Cuzco Valley environment and culture, served as the basis for governing the Inca Empire. It featured 12 synodic months, calculated from one new moon to the next.
Butterflies are beautiful and have mystery, symbolism and meaning and are a metaphor that represents spiritual rebirth, transformation, change, hope and life.
The Quipu, or khipu, was used by the Incas and Andean cultures to record and convey information. This ingenious device, without a written language, utilized colors, strings, and knots at different heights to record various data, including dates, statistics, accounts, and even abstract folk stories and poetry.
The Lambayeque people of 750 AD were skilled in metallurgy and goldsmithing, creating the “Tumi,” a ceremonial dagger for sacrifices to God Naylamp. It symbolized divine power, hierarchy, prestige, and lineage, exclusively held by the nobility.
A mandala symbolizes the ideal universe and its creation represents a shift from suffering to joy. It serves as a meditation aid, guiding the meditator toward self-improvement.
