File:2015 Smithsonian folklife festival DC -Qeswachaka Bridge rope making - 01.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,288 × 2,848 pixels, file size: 6.29 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: Quechua craftman weaving a rope to be used for the bridge. The Inkas built the Q’eswachaka Bridge using a local grass called ichu (Jarava ichu) to make q’oya, braided ropes that could be destroyed after crossing the Apurimac River. Now the bridge is rebuilt annually by members of four Quechua communities: Huinchiri, Chaupibanda, Choccayhua, and Ccollana Quehue, who work together to maintain the tradition. Every June, four Quechua communities convene to build the Q’eswachaka. They first ask the Pachamama for permission and then collect the q’oya ropes braided by women and young girls. The chakarauwaq (engineers) tie the ropes, let the old bridge fall, and begin weaving. Once finished, they give thanks to Apu Q’eswachaka (mountain spirits). [1]
Date
Source Own work
Author Jarek Tuszyński

Licensing[edit]

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  1. ↑ http://www.festival.si.edu/2015/peru/traditional-knowledge/qeswachaka-bridge/smithsonian

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:58, 30 June 2016Thumbnail for version as of 03:58, 30 June 20164,288 × 2,848 (6.29 MB)Jarekt (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:2015_Smithsonian_folklife_festival_DC_-Qeswachaka_Bridge_rope_making_-_01.jpg&oldid=793775762"