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Español: Una gigante serpiente de muchos colores es representada en el Baile de la Serpiente en la Plaza de Cuzco El cortejo se detiene con su cabeza de puma frente al trono imperial brillantemente adornado del Inca, flanqueado por altos sacerdotes y las momias de sus antepasados. Momificados en posición flexionada, eran colocados sobre fardos de un metro de altura, parecía como si estuvieran solemnemente sentados. Permanecían en el Templo del Sol, y se los llevaba a ver este baile anual
English: A giant serpent of many-colored rope is borne by a wildly snakedancing throng through the holy square of Cuzco It stops with its pumalike head in front of the brillantly bedecked imperial throne of the Inca, who is flanked by high priests and the mummies of his ancestors. Mummified in flexed position, these Incas of earlier days made conical bundle about four feet high and looked as if they were solemnly sitting. They were brought out in state from the Temple of the Sun and ranged here to watch the annual dance.
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(February 1938). "In the Realm of the Sons of the Sun". National Geographic LXXIII (2). https://pueblosoriginarios.com/recursos/colecciones/inca/herget.html / https://www.tintin.com/fr/albums/le-temple-du-soleil

https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-issue-2/edg%20NG%201938-02%20073-2%20Feb/page/n103
Author Herbert M. Herget (American illustrator, 1885-1950)

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