Inkari

by Rom Siquijor

  By the time the conquerors established the first political organization of the Colony, almost the whole extension of the current region was under the jurisdiction of the authorities of Huamanga; nevertheless, there is no recollection on the foundation of cities and towns.

  At the beginning of the Republic, Abancay belonged to Cusco. It was not until April 28, 1873 however that a law was given to create the department of Apurímac, based on the provinces of Andahuaylas (Ayacucho), Antabamba, Aymaraes and Cotabambas (Cusco), and naming Abancay as its capital.

  Tupac Yupanqui and the

  Quest for the Hahua Chumpi

  Figure 11: The Rongorongo text of Easter Island

  Interestingly, apart from Cuzco, Hahua Chumpi or what is now known as Easter lsland, is referred to as the other navel of the world.

  Tupac Yupanqui’s quest to track the origin of the Inca’s was driven by the idea that the umbilical cord is the channel of life that binds the mother and her child.

  Tupac Yupanqui1 made several expeditions from the north of the Andes up to Chile to fulfill his promise to his father; to look for the other end of the umbilical of the world—the legendary island believed to be once the original empire of their ancestors.

  Tupac Yupanqui has always been fascinated with astronomy. One day, under the brightness of the full moon, while studying intently one of the stone tablet that he inherited from his father, he realized that it was a map plotted against the stars. Without delay, he organized a troop composed of great warriors, astronomers, thinkers, and artesian to explore the Pacific; most of them were from the tribe of Chachapoyas2. They were tall and fair-skinned, with light hair and some with blue eyes; probably because most of them descended from the inter-racial marriages between the Chachapoyas and the European Templars who settled at their shores hundreds of years ago. They were highly evolved. They had advanced the arts of music, dance, and sculpture.

  Tupac Yupanqui appointed Iko as chief of the expedition. He came from the family of the tribe leaders of the Chachapoyas. He is wise and tactful. His skin was red. He has a muscular build, very tall, had long red hair, and deep blue eyes. He was a great warrior and a natural-born leader. He has fought and commanded several tribal wars and won most of them; except those against the Incas who eventually conquered them. He was given the privilege to wear earrings and was allowed to elongate his ear lobes to be distinguished as an Incan Royalty. His mission is to find the island and construct seven statues as ordered by Tupac Yupanqui to represent their seven Inca ancestors and the first seven Inca kings.

  In 1480, with the aid of the stone stellar map that has been passed by the Inca kings through generations, Iko’s troop sailed the high seas. Iko’s co-navigator was a young lad from the Q’ero tribe called Cunturcanci, who was a descendant of Amaru (the protégé and quollona of Melchizedek himself). He was slim, about 17 years of age, and with inquisitive eyes like his great grandfather.

  From Titicaca, they cruised to the Pacific, using boats made of wood and straws not more than 25 feet long and boarded men not more than 15 on each. There were about 80 fleets of boats with potato, camote (or sweet potato), quinoa (a local Peruvian cereal), corn, chickens, and guinea pigs to serve as meal during their undetermined voyage.

  After several months of sailing and trailing the path of the stars; one day, at the crack of dawn, as their boats parted the cold thick fog clobbering the ocean floor, Iko saw a land. He had the gut feeling that they finally found the island they were looking for. It was exactly where the stellar map led them. It was an island full of tall rustling palm trees about 80 feet high swaying majestically as the easterly wind blows. The beach was abundant with deposits of minerals that glimmer when they are stricken by the sun. Flocks of seagull roam the air. The lashing wave of the sea touches the shore with contrasting force and tranquility. It was a paradise.

  When Iko disembarked from his commanding boat, he saw three volcanic craters overlooking the island’s backdrop, exactly as benchmarked in the stone map. The west side is an almost perfect circle, with a caldera formed by volcanic eruptions. At the crater’s lip, basalt cliffs are fractured by rain and wind that form large blocks hanging in delicate equilibrium above the steep talus slopes. When he figured that the island had a cyclical or spherical orientation, as depicted in the stone map, his heart jumped as he knew that their search was finally over. He had finally found the place of the origin of the ancestors of the Incas and called it Hahua chumpi4 or the spherical island.

  However, little did they know that a Polynesian tribe called Hanau Momoko5 has inhabited the island for countless number of years. Interestingly, by strange coincidence, the tribe calls the island “Te-Pito-Te-Henua6” or the navel of the world. Could they be the descendants of the race of Manco Capac and his brothers?

  Totheirdemise, when they encountered the tribes people, they were disappointed. The inhabitants there were savages and cannibals; they eat flesh and human meat. They have very low level of evolution. They could never be the ancestors of the Incas. Most of them wear tattoos almost all throughout their bodies—both for purposes of art and the art of intimidation. They are generally dark haired and flat nosed. They practice paganism and revered a god called Make Make7.

  On the contrary, when the savages saw the Incas, they were intrigued and astounded because of the distinct appearance ofsome ofthe lncas.

  The Hanau Momoko tribe called the Incas as Hanau Eepe8 or big people as most of them are from the hybrid Chachapoyas.

  Iko found that the peninsula in the east was an ideal location to establish their camp and protect themselves from any siege against the Hanau Momoko savages since it was nestled on 600-foot cliffs on three sides. Therefore, the only portion they have to protect is the front. He ordered his men to establish a long defensive trench where they have set toromiro9 firewood across the entire front of the peninsula. They needed to set the long stretched ditch in order to protect themselves from any possible attack from the numerous men of Hanau Momoko. After the completion of their makeshift fortress, the opposing tribe called it the Nina chumpi10 or the peninsula of fire, as the Incas usually would set fire in front of the fortress at night.

  When they were already confident with their defense, Iko sent back Cunturcanci to Cuzco and bring the good news to the Inca king. Then, Iko started building the totems that Tupac Yupanqui ordered them to erect. Day and night, they worked on building different totems, but it took them hundreds of scrapped totems before they were able to satisfy the specifications of the meticulous Tupac Yupanqui. Finally, they erected the seven monoliths at the shore of that island facing the sun, in accordance with the original request of Hatun Tupac himself. These icons were then called Quanchis Yachay by the Incas but were called Ahu Akivi11 by the Hanau Momoko tribe as they marvel at the statues from afar. For several years, the Incas performed all the stone and masonry works with the help of some of the nomads of the islands, without being disturbed by the Hanau Momoko tribe. Boundaries were respected. In those years, no attempts were made between the two tribes to fight one another. Until one day, Ursak, a cousin of Iko was wandering along the beach never realized that he had already crossed the boundary of the territory of the Hanau Momoko tribe, as something caught his eyes. He saw a woman with long black hair, slim-fit body, deep dark eyes, and dark brown skin bathing in the fresh bluish lagoon.

  The Incas were all men and for years of working night and day building the icons, Ursak was like a hungry wolf that saw a tasty prey.

  The Hanau Momoko lady was Moko Pingei12, a lady warrior. Little did he knew that it was simply a lure. Ursak hid himself at the back of a big boulder watching Moko Pingei bathe at the tranquil water of the lagoon. When he could no longer fight against the calling of the flesh, he came out, grabbed her and covered her mouth with his big hands to prevent her from screaming. Her young body was exposed. Dripping water through her breast ignited the burning desire of Ursak to reach
a combustible level. He had to steam it out otherwise he will explode. Overwhelming Moko Pingei, Ursak like a hungry beast easily accomplished his lustful intentions. When his fire was fully extinguished, he decided to bring the woman to their camp.

  As he entered the makeshift fortress, hundreds of eyes followed him as he carries the woman at his back. Most of them bewildered but some drooled over in envy. As Ursak proudly stride across the village, Iko13 came rushing. When they were an arms-length away, Ursak felt dizzy. He never realized that a blow from his cousin had landed on his face. He shook his head as he tries to stand, when another burly knee-blow came rampaging on his chin. For a while, he was unconscious. Then as he regained consciousness, he saw his cousin Iko checking the pulse of the naked woman. Then, he summoned all his might and brawled Iko to the ground. They wrestled like Titans. Every pounding hit and thundering punches reverberates a sound like hundreds of drums into the air. Both of them were muscular in build; although Iko was leaner, he was taller. Ursak was a little shorter, but bulkier with highly-defined-stringy cut of muscles envelope his body. Grappling and exchanges of hard blows continue to awe the rest of the Incas as they surrounded the two. Blood started to spurt across the ground as well as to the thrilled spectators. In the end, Iko emerged victorious as he left Ursak lying unconscious in the ground.

  He ordered his men to put both Ursak and the woman in a confinement. Then, he summoned the council of elders who were all long ears, coming from both pure Incan race and from other elder leaders from tribes conquered by the Incan empire, to decide upon the matter.

  Among them were Ororoina14 of Chachapoya; another cousin of Iko who is also red-haired and fair skin. There was Vai15, from the Chimu16 tribe and the youngest of them all. The oldest was Manco Ara who is a pure Inca and half brother of Tupac Yupanqui from one of the concubines of Pachacutec. Finally, there was Hauerac, another half brother of Tupac Yupanqui from another concubine.

  “My brothers, I call upon you to put the matter concerning my beloved cousin Ursak, son of our former chieftain to be on trial under the Incan laws.” He looks beleaguered. He knew that this could ignite a war against the Hanau Momoko tribe. His face was still bruised and fresh wounds at his arms and legs were still dripping.

  Manco Aru stood, who was wearing the traditional headdress of the Incas. He puffs-out a white smoke that slowly swirled into the air. Then, with his old but commanding voice he said, “Well, we must treat this grave matter wisely. For sure, we don’t want to agitate the Hanau Momoko’s. Let us keep the woman and let Ursak marry her.”

  Meanwhile, inside the detention, Ursak and Moko Pingei had developed a romance. While they cannot understand each other, like any other animal in confinement, they started to become fond of each other. They shared the familiar scent, the company, and the coldness of the night. In those cold nights, their best defense was the warmth of each other’s body as they rub them together; creating an exhilarating friction under the shimmering full moon and cold mist of the night. In the mornings, they would find their bodies entangled while their exhausted naked bodies lay across the den.

  It took several days of deliberations before the council finally arrived at their decision. The verdict was simple and straightforward. Ursak will keep Moko Pingei as his wife, protect her and provide for her. The only condition was that both of them cannot leave the realms of their camp. Ursak was delighted about the verdict like a turtle thrown into the water. Moko Pingei, simply had no option, or so as they thought.

  They started living together as husband and wife in a small makeshift hut. A simple wedding ceremony was held one day, following the Incan tradition. Then, as days go by, Ursak went back to the peninsula to attend to his masonry work while Moko Pingei helped in cooking for the whole village. For a while Moko Pingei almost forgot her mission hiding with her husband’s people, but she has a moral obligation to fulfill. She had to do it. She cannot abandon her duties to her tribe. She was a bait. Her mission was to lure the long-ears and penetrate their camp and when an opportunity comes, she must lead the Hanau Momoko warriors discretely into the fortress.

  From afar, she knows that her people were watching. One night, she was seen waving a large basket. It was the cue. The Hanau Momoko army then started planking and streaming like an endless fleet of ants as they sneak around the plateau. In no time, a vast army of fierce Hanau Momoko warriors surrounded the Incan fortress; ready for the massacre to begin.

  Minutes later, another group of Hanau Momoko came ravaging in front of the trench, squealing and throwing stones and spears into the air. Then, a half league away, countless mass of men seen stretched almost through the west point of the island was swarming to the scene. They were armed with their stone axes and spears. The air was filled with deafening roars as the Hanau Momoko warriors charge towards the Incas. The Incas then ignited the firewood and prayed for the firewall to protect them against their enemies. But, much to their surprise, another big number of the hidden Hanau Momokos surrounding the peninsula revealed themselves and cornered them forward. The pike men of the Incas jabbed frantically at their ranks, trying to repel the overwhelming attack of the Hanau Momoko’s. But, the pike men held briefly against the enormous number of the opposing forces. Nowhere to run, the Incas barely resisted and were easily subdued; slaughtered and butchered where they stood, as some were thrown to the flaming ditch. It was a bloody, fiery massacre—an abomination. Smell of burnt flesh fills the air, meanwhile the flesh-hungry Hanau Momokos feasted on their corpses.

  Ororoina, Vai, and MancoAru fled by jumping across the flaming ditch. They ran and found a temporary sanctuary in a nearby cave. After several days, necessity however forced them out of their safe haven to look for food and hunt. Soon enough, they were spotted by the Hanau Momoko’s. Then, when an overcast obscured the sky, it signaled yet another dreadful event. A powerful lighting slashed across the horizon followed by a roaring thunderbolt, rain started to fall vehemently as Ororoina, Vai, and Manco Aru tried to keep themselves warm in their temporary shelter. Once more, the fierce Hanau Momoko warriors came stealthily into the night and both Vai and Manco Aru were killed immediately and their flesh and meat devoured.

  Ororoina was allowed to live as the last remaining Inca. Thanks to his distinct characteristics, the Hanau Momoko found pleasure in keeping him alive rather than eating him alive. He was kept captive for a while then eventually was granted liberty as he alone posted no threat to the tribe. Later on, he married a woman named Pipi Horeko and settled at the foot of a hill called Toatoa were they raised bountiful number of offspring.

  After some time, The Hanau Momoko tribe started moving some of the statues to the western portion of the island to offer them to their god Make Make. But, no matter what they do and no matter how many men they organized to move the seven icons facing the sun at the seashore, strange force would keep them into their original position. Frustrated, they just moved the smaller statues.

  Pay Quanchis Yachay

  Figure 12. Ahu Akivi at the shores of Easter Island

  The Q’eros had been safekeeping a sacred prophesy handed down from many generations of Inca Kings.

  This prophesy is called Inkari, it foretells that when the puma sits on top of the serpent, and the condorrests on top of the puma; the world will be awaken from within—peace and harmony will reign, and some of us will understand the mystery behind our true divine nature…

  The mystery behind the seven icons of the Pay Quanchis Yachay or the AhuAkivi remained concealed until they were revealed by the descendants of Apu Cunturcanci, the Q’ero tribe, when they were rediscovered high-up in the Andes in 1949.

  It was said that when the Spanish conquistadors lead by Francisco Pizzaro1 arrived at the shores of Peru in the 16th century, around 600 Q’eros led by their aging chieftain, who was part of the Incan expedition at Easter Island fled. The Q’ero people sought refuge way high up in the mountains, at an altitude above 14,000 feet.
This tribe, believed to be the secret record keepers of the world, gave light to the obscured truth behind the Ahu Akiviwhen they were discovered by the new world. The Q’eros explained that the seven monoliths (which have great resemblance to the sarcophagus of Karajia2 at the Chachapoya region of Peru) could either represent the seven great ancestors of the Incas who emerged from Titicaca or the first seven Inca kings, who each represented the gradually evolving level of human consciousness as foretold in the Inkari prophesy. This prophesy was passed down through oral tradition through the Incan generations. It was said that Apu Cunturcanci, who was part ofthe expedition of Iko during the time of Tupac Yupanqui was the originator ofthe story. No written manuscripts were found becasue the Spaniards burnt all ofthem, although some believe thattheywere coded in quipu knots which remains to be deciphered.

  The Quanchis Yachay,according to the Q’eros were depicted by the seven great Sapac Incas or Orejones at the shores of Hahua chumpi or what is now known as the Easter Island.

  According to the Q’ero’s, the seven great Orejones or Inca Kings symbolizes the evolving seven levels of human consciousness they called Pay Quanchis Yachay which they explained as follows:

  1. Sapac Inca Manco Capac—Ayllu Apu3 Yachay

  The first monolith was a tribute to the first Inca, Manco Capac, who represents “The Great Awakening’, as this Inca was the first to bring consciousness to the Indians and taught them how to live like human beings and not as savages. During that period, the uncivilized Indians started to cede knowledge and became conscious of human ways as well as their environment. This can be described as the basic awareness of man of his own being and his surroundings.