Qullqip'unqu

For the mountain in the Tacna Region, Peru, see Sasawini.
Qullqip'unqu
Sasawini

Quyllur Rit'i festival at the foothills of Sinaqara and Qullqip'unqu
Highest point
Elevation 5,522 m (18,117 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°31′09″S 71°12′24″W / 13.51917°S 71.20667°W / -13.51917; -71.20667Coordinates: 13°31′09″S 71°12′24″W / 13.51917°S 71.20667°W / -13.51917; -71.20667 [1]
Geography
Qullqip'unqu

Peru

Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta mountain range
Climbing
First ascent 1-1961[2]

Qullqip'unqu (Quechua qullqi money, silver, p'unqu pond, reservoir, tank; dam,[3] "silver pond", hispanicized spellings Colquepunco, Jolljepunco, Jollyepunco), Qullqipunku (punku door, "silver door")[3] or Sasawini (sasawi (hispaniziced spelling sasahui) local name for Leucheria daucifolia,[4] -ni an Aymara suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the sasawi plant", hispanicized Sasahuini) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru and the name of a lake near the peak. The mountain is about 5,522 metres (18,117 ft) high. It is situated in the northern extensions of the Willkanuta mountain range in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Ccarhuayo and Ocongate and in the Paucartambo Province, Kosñipata District. Qullqip'unqu lies northwest of the lake Sinkrinaqucha, southeast of Minasniyuq.[1][5] The lake named Qullqip'unqu is situated south of the mountain at 13°32′04″S 71°12′29″W / 13.53444°S 71.20806°W / -13.53444; -71.20806.[6]

The annual Quyllur Rit'i festival takes place at the foot of the mountains Qullqip'unqu and Sinaqara. The ukukus (Cusco Quechua ukuku spectacled bear (or just 'bear'), also a character in the Andean mythology)[7] of all the groups climb the glaciers of Qullqip'unqu and spend the night there. They come down bringing on their backs huge ice blocks for the people of their community. The waters of the mountain are believed to heal the body and the mind.[8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nevado Jolljepunco". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru: "Sasahuini (Colquepuncu IV, Julia): 1-1961"
  3. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ SERNAP, Reserva Paisajística Sub Cuenca del Cotahuasi, Zona Turismo
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1(Cusco Region)
  6. ↑ "Laguna Jolljepunco". IGN, Peru. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005
  8. ↑ Robert Randall, Qoyllur Rit'i, an Inca fiesta of the pleiades: reflections on time & space in the Andean world
  9. ↑ landofwinds.blogspot.de The festival of Qoyllur Rit'i
  10. ↑ María Constanza Ceruti, Qoyllur Riti: etnografia de un peregrinaje ritual de raiz incaica por las altas montañas del Sur de Peru (in Spanish)
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