{"id":39,"date":"2015-06-26T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:01:16","slug":"how-the-incas-used-they-road-system-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/how-the-incas-used-they-road-system-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Qhapaq \u00d1an Road System (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Religious<\/strong><br \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/indigena.png\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/indigena.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/indigena.png\" alt=\"Religious in andes\" width=\"401\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"525\">The only way for the Incas to reach the summits of the mountains for worship was by constructing roads. This impressive <strong data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"256\">road system<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"884\">In addition to high-altitude shrines, there were also many holy shrines or religious sites, called <em data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"633\">wak\u2019a<\/em>, that were part of the Zeq\u2019e system along and near the roads. These shrines, integrated into the <strong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"751\">Inca road system<\/strong>, were either natural or modified features of the landscape\u2014as well as buildings\u2014where the Inca would stop for worship and offerings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1051\">One such sacred site is the <strong data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"945\">Main Temple in Machu Picchu<\/strong>, an outstanding example of spiritual and architectural brilliance within the larger <strong data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1050\">Inca road system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/templo-inka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108 size-full\" title=\"machu picchu ruins\" src=\"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/templo-inka.jpg\" alt=\"machu picchu ruins\" width=\"550\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/templo-inka.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.incatrail.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/templo-inka-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May be in one of another post we will\u00a0write\u00a0more about incas religion&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Festivals<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Gregorian month<\/th>\n<th>Inca month<\/th>\n<th>Translation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January<\/td>\n<td>Camay<\/td>\n<td><em>Fasting and Penitence<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February<\/td>\n<td>Hatun-pucuy<\/td>\n<td><em>Great Ripening<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March<\/td>\n<td>Pacha-puchuy<\/td>\n<td><em>Earth Ripening<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>April<\/td>\n<td>Ayrihua or Camay Inca Raymi<\/td>\n<td><em>Festival of the Inca<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May<\/td>\n<td>Aymoray qu or Hatun Cuzqui<\/td>\n<td><em>Harvesting<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>June<\/td>\n<td>Inti Raymi<\/td>\n<td><em>Feast of the Sun and the great festival in honour of the sun for the harvest<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>July<\/td>\n<td>Chahua-huarquiz, Chacra Ricuichi or Chacra Cona<\/td>\n<td><em>The Harvest Festival<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>August<\/td>\n<td>Yapaquis, Chacra Ayaqui or Capac Siquis<\/td>\n<td><em>Sowing month<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>September<\/td>\n<td>Coya Raymi and Citua<\/td>\n<td><em>Festival of the Moon<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October<\/td>\n<td>K&#8217;antaray or Uma Raymi<\/td>\n<td><em>Month of crop watching<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November<\/td>\n<td>Ayamarca<\/td>\n<td><em>Festival of the dead<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>December<\/td>\n<td>Capac Raymi<\/td>\n<td><em>Magnificent festival<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high degree of energetic investment was put into the ritual purposes of the road. 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