Happy Equinox!

(Description: Every September equinox, when the rainy season started, the Inca celebrated Coya Raymi (meaning festival of the empress). This festival honoured the empress (the coya) and also Killa, the moon goddess. The mummies of previous emperors and empresses were paraded through the streets and given offerings.)
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#equinox #coya #coyaraymi #empress #peru #killa #moongoddess #precolumbian #inca #incahistory #incaempire #histodon #history #southAmerica #23September #september

#OnThisDay in 1573, INÉS MUŇOZ founded a convent.

When Francisco Pizarro separated from his common-law wife, Quispe Sisa, he gave their 2 kids to his sister-in-law, Inés Muñoz, to raise. Quispe Sisa's son died young & the girl was exiled to Spain aged 18.

In 1573, after Inés had been widowed a 2nd time, her only son fell seriously ill.

A Spanish chronicler claims that her son dreamt that he saw his mother & other women dressed as nuns...

#peru #history #books #convent #southAmerica

I have a chapter in Jungle-tastic Tales about how pre-Columbian societies in the Amazon were more complex and larger than previously thought.

Here's a new article about it:

"The vast network of interconnected settlements shows that the Amazon was much more populated during the pre-Columbian era than previously suspected".

#jungletastic #amazonRegion #kidsBook #history #amazon #precolumbian #southAmerica #archaeology #histodon

#qotd What's a book that taught you something incredible?

In #August 1533, the Spanish installed Tupac Huallpa as a puppet Inca emperor to replace #Atahualpa.

Into the position of principal wife and #coya stepped princess Azarpay, who would later be killed by Francisco Pizarro.

For more, check out Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

#qotd How has August been for you in terms of writing, reading or general life?

#spanishConquest #inca #incas #peru #southAmerica #incaEmpire #writer #books #author #histodon #history

No amount of photos would ever do justice to the beauty and energy of this place

#Andes #cordillera #mountain #mountains #Inca #Inka #ruins #Ollantaytambo #Peru #SouthAmerica #travel #travels #trip #trips

#WinterHeat

It’s the middle of #winter in #SouthAmerica.

In #BuenosAires, where the average high on Aug. 1 is 14°C, it surpassed 30°C on Tuesday. Temperatures Tuesday rose past 35°C in numerous locations, including at elevations of above 1000 m bis 1400m in the #Andes foothills. In some cases, the temperature crested above 38°C after leaping from morning lows in the single-digits Celsius.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/02/southamerica-record-winter-heat-argentina-chile/

#ExtremeWeather

Happy #PaperbackBookDay everyone!

Below are a selection of my paperback books available for kids and adults, all about South American history (that doesn't exclude women 😊).

#paperbacks #reading #bookstodon #books #southAmerica

16th July is #FiestaDeLaTirana, celebrated in #Chile every year. It's a popular Catholic pilgrimage where people flock to #Tarapacá province every year.

Whilst the festival doesn’t focus much on Ňusta Willac, it all began with her story...

Find out more:
http://mybook.to/idie

#culture #history #histodon #southAmerica #july #16july

As it's #WorldChocolateDay, here's a reminder that the latest research shows cacao was first cultivated in #Ecuador, #SouthAmerica:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/29/origin-of-chocolate-shifts-1400-miles-and-1500-years-cacao-ecuador​

This features in my kids' book Jungle-Tastic Tales, available now from http://books2read.com/jungletastic
http://books2read.com/jungletasticbw
😀

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Jungle-tastic Tales: Stories from the Western Amazon Region by Helen Pugh

^{books2read.com}

Latest review for The Mysterious Helpers! 😍

Out now! Free everywhere except Amazon where it's 77p or equivalent.

https://books2read.com/helpers

#kidsbook #bookstodon #legends #jungle #amazon #southAmerica #kidsbooks #childrensbook #bookforchildren @bookstodon

Just translated the chorus to my kids' fave song by #RenataFlores: Qam Hina from the album Isqun.

It started an interesting convo as my sons had no idea some kids have to work instead of going to school and playing.

#Quechua #andean #music #southAmerica #lyrics

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-65864158.amp

Thank God these precious children have been found!! The Huitoto people have a heartbreaking history of enslavement during the rubber boom. I researched it for my book and it broke my heart.

#colombia #Indigenous #news #southAmerica #plane #goodNews

Colombia plane crash: Four children found alive in Amazon after 40 days

It is a "magical day", says the president, as the four siblings are found after 40 days missing.

^{By Aoife Walsh (BBC News)}

"The Izecksohn’s Brazilian treefrog might be the world’s first known pollinating amphibian. On an expedition near Armação dos Búzios, researchers observed the species eating nectar from the milk fruit tree — a messy endeavour that causes pollen to stick to the moist skin on the frog’s back, where it might be transferred to another flower."

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-01804-5/index.html

(Btw my book, Jungle-tastic Tales, features a frog who turns into a jaguar!)

#frogs #nature #brazil #pollination #southAmerica

Ancient artefacts should ideally be returned to their country of origin. I'm sharing here so that more people can see it.

From Bristol Museum.

The first is:
Jar in shape of the maize god
Clay
When: Between 650-1,100 years ago
Where: Chimú culture, Peru, South America

The second isn't ancient so seems fine to be to be in England. It is:
Face chullu
About 30 years ago
Cusco region, Peru

#peru #artefact #archaeology #culture #maize #chimu #southAmerica #preColumbian #histodon

WHO LIKE POTATOES?
Yesterday was #NationalPotatoDay in Peru. 🥔🥔

The Incas had around 1000 potato varieties. Their potato goddess was Acsumama or Axomama. Potatoes come from #SouthAmerica originally- they were first domesticated near #LakeTiticaca more than 2000 years BC! 🔵

For more, check out my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire http://books2read.com/idie

#potatoes #peru #bolivia #books #bookstodon #history

On #23May 482 years ago, an Inca princess was watching her mixed-race son get baptised...

Check out Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire to find out more. Link in bio ;)

#mixedrace #incas #onThisDay #womenInHistory #bookstodon #southAmerica

Short impressions of #Santos. We are so tired. From tomorrow there will also be some video and more. ❤️

#Brazil #Brasil #Santos #SouthAmerica #Americas #Latam

In the #Inca calendar, the month we call #May was when they harvested corn. 🌽🌽

To find out more about the Inca’s corn goddess and their fertility/agricultural/Mother Nature goddess, check out Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire. Link in bio ;)

#corn #harvest #maize #histodon
#mothernature #pachamama #incas #southAmerica #books #bookstodon

"Every Mother’s Day, as a curator, I think about a centuries-old Andean ceramic"...

#andes #mothersDay #Pottery #histort #archaeology #ceramics #mothers #andean #southAmerica
https://www.artic.edu/articles/1060/in-praise-of-mothers-and-fermented-beverages

Image of Paccha Representing a Woman Carrying a Vessel and Nursing a Child, A.D. 1200/1450

"The project will offer education and support for students, businesses and entrepreneurs to create a local biodiverse economy."

Sounds exciting!

#amazon #science #museum #environment #biodiversity #climate #brazil #southAmerica

6 new reserves created in Brazil.

"#Indigenous people are guaranteed exclusive use of natural resources on these lands, viewed by scientists as a bulwark against Amazon deforestation - a major challenge in the fight against climate change."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230428-brazil-s-lula-decrees-six-new-indigenous-reserves

#brazil #amazon #climate #jungle #rainforest #environment #southAmerica #humanRights

'A new history': Brazil's Lula decrees six Indigenous reserves

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, including a vast Amazon territory, after a freeze in such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

^{France 24}

Petito Moreno #glacier in #SouthAmerica #SantaCruz #Patagonia #Argentina #ElCalafate
January 2023

#travel #travelphotography #amazing #traveling