THE PERSISTENCE OF CHICHA ‘‘


IN PRE-COLONIAL SOCIETIES, CHICHA SERVED AS A CEREMONIAL BEVERAGE; IT MAINTAINED SOCIETAL BONDS, TOASTED ANCESTORS AND INVOKED THE SUPERNATURAL. IN THE INKA EMPIRE AN ORDER OF CHOSEN VIRGIN WOMEN KNOWN AS ACLLAS WERE CHARGED WITH RITUAL DUTIES THAT INCLUDED TENDING TO TERRACES OF SACRED MAIZE AND THE BREWING OF CHICHA FOR IMPERIAL USE.”


12 AMERICAN INDIAN SUMMER 2018


PHOTO BY JUSTIN MUGITS


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