Julio Chalco Fernández. Chinkana y otros relatos. Lima: Pakarina Ediciones, 2021, 144 pp.
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Chinkanas, in Andean culture, are caves or tunnels that can be connected to each other and can lead to misplacement due to their labyrinthine structure. These characteristics, as suggested by anthropologist Mario Polia Meconi (1999), attribute to them "symbolisms of darkness, humidity, interiority and depth" (p. 168). Therefore, its relationship with fecundity and maternity are evident since it represents the image of the "inner world", that is to say, of mother earth or Pachamama, and all that this can germinate. Likewise, the chinkanas are strongly related to the death/resurrection dichotomy; because the mummies, similar to fetuses in their postures, reside in the depths of these spelunks, and because they are at the same time indicators of the return, as spiritual entities, or of life. In short, the chinkanas are geographic places charged with sacred prestige: both of origin and of death.
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