Religious
A high degree of energetic investment was put into the ritual purposes of the road system. In Inca society, the mountains were objects of worship; the Incas held many rituals, including the sacrifice of children, goods, and llamas, at the tops of mountains.

The only way for the Incas to reach the summits of the mountains for worship was by constructing roads. This impressive road system allowed them to connect remote sacred sites across the rugged Andean terrain. Many Inca roads went thousands of feet above sea level, such as Mount Chani, which had a road that started at the base and went to the summit, reaching nearly six thousand feet in elevation.

In addition to high-altitude shrines, there were also many holy shrines or religious sites, called wak’a, that were part of the Zeq’e system along and near the roads. These shrines, integrated into the Inca road system, were either natural or modified features of the landscape as well as buildings where the Inca would stop for worship and offerings.

One such sacred site is the Main Temple in Machu Picchu, an outstanding example of spiritual and architectural brilliance within the larger Inca road system.

May be in one of another post we will write more about incas religion…

Festivals

The Incan calendar had 12 months of 30 days, with each month having its own festival, and a five-day feast at the end, before the new year began. The Incan year started in December, and began with Capac Raymi, the magnificent festival.