Nazca
Mystical Trip to the Skin of the Earth
In their flat deserts the old Peruvians wove splendid mantles in various colors, mummified their dead in singular mastery, designed lines and gigantic figures in desolated pampas, with the intention of rendering worship to the water god or of interpreting the sun, moon and star messages which were so vital to their lives.
The Nazca Lines can be found in the Pampas of Jumana. It is a set of zoomorphic, phytomorphic and geometric figures (straight lines, triangles, spirals, a bird, a spider, a monkey and flowers) that appear engraved on the surface of the desert plateaus.
These are basically figures which represent the movement of the stars and would allow the register of the seasons, something essential for the development of agriculture.
In this zone it is possible to get to know ruins of the Paracas culture, characterized by its necropolis undertakings, semi underground houses, pyramids for ceremonial use and its unequaled textiles.
Their buildings were made using adobe,, in conical form, and their houses were laid out in rectangular plans with which they formed their villages.
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