Moon Island
In the part where the sun rises, The temple of the “Virgins of the Sun” has been built, In the Andean world there is duality, man woman, day night, sun and moon; in this way the Island of the Sun, is complemented by the Island of the Moon, where formerly, in the time of the Inca…
Moon Island
In the part where the sun rises, The temple of the “Virgins of the Sun” has been built, In the Andean world there is duality, man woman, day night, sun and moon; in this way the Island of the Sun, is complemented by the Island of the Moon, where formerly, in the time of the Inca, There was an interesting institution, the “acllahuasis”. (house of the chosen), It was a place where basically only women congregated, the Inca had certain emissaries, once a year, These went through the empire and chose the most beautiful girls, and they brought them to the acllahuasis, In this place women learned the skills of the female gender, mainly to make textiles, which were used by the Inca and for certain offerings; Only women lived in the acllahuasis, men were prohibited.
Belén Condarco
UMSA Tourism major student
