Artwork Depicting The Seqe System Of Cusco
The Inca capital city and its immediate surroundings contained numerous shrines, temples and other sacred places such as rocks, caves, springs etc venerated by the population of Cusco. All these places were called wakas and were connected with each other by imaginary lines that radiated from Qorikancha and were known as seqes - Quechua for 'lines'. The painting by Cusco artist Miguel Araoz Cartagena shows the scheme of the seqes of Cusco. The four background colours mark the four provinces of the Tawantinsuyu Empire. The orange colour corresponds to Cinchaysuyu, the yellow to Antisuyu, the green to Qollasuyu and the red to Kuntisuyu. It has been suggested that the seqe system was closely related to the Inca calendar each day of the year corresponding to a waka where offerings were made.
Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Convent of Santo Domingo, Qurikancha, Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru, South America
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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