As of 1987, the author began to be interested in the study of aspects concerning the religion professed by the ancient Peruvians, due to the fact that at that time he began ethnographic investigations in high Andean landscapes. These allowed him to collect myths and legends of ancestral roots, as we
The Coronelismo is a phenomenon of Brazilian politics that occurred during the First Republic. It is characterized by a person, the colonel, who held economic power and exercised local power through violence and exchanges of favors. Origin The word Coronelismo is, in fact, a Brazilianization of th
Zumba denim (1638-1678) was the first king of Quilombo dos Palmares, one of many colonial-era quilombos in Brazil that served as a shelter for runaway slaves. Biography Ganga Zumba was the son of Princess Aqualtune and brother of Sabina, the mother of Zumbi dos Palmares. Born in the Kingdom of Con
By Juan José Pacheco Ibarra UNMSM Historian How did the ancient people of Lima celebrate Christmas? In the 19th century, Christmas was a true religious holiday, very different from the one we celebrate now. Christmas was the central celebration of a series of activities that lasted throughout the