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Meaning of la tullma como amuleto




Jimeno Álvarez

la tullma como amuleto
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It is the tullma ( word of quechua origin ) he does not always had the pretensions of being an accessory and less colorful. He was born when the world seemed to be painted only in natural tones.In the pre-Hispanic period, the llama, alpaca and vicuña fibers do the latter reserved for special occasions would were the colors that uniformaban to the races, explains Waldo Jordan, anthropologist and specialist in the study of traditional Andean textile.??Today, in the stylized costumes for parties, large and colorful tullmas emphasize the feminine coquetry. Before it was not different. Eyzaguirre said that in the Highlands was used calls k ' ajchas, for carnivals and Todos Santos. These accessories women were amulets to attract males, marry and have children.From alpaca wool appeared anthropomorphic figures made of stone or mullu mullu ( star of sea and shells ) which on one side outlined the feminine and, on the other, the male silhouette. They were symbols of fertility and abundance, illas do.??

  



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