Quebrada de Humahuaca The Flower of Cardon

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In the symbolic land of the homeland, world heritage of humanity, my beloved city of Humahuaca of the province of Jujuy, Vivian very happy the omaguacas Indians, a beautiful and pleasant place to inhabit, enchanted place with beautiful mountains in contrast to the green plain.

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In the pre-Hispanic era these lands possessed a beautiful thicket, their fertile land ideal for agriculture, the native omaguacas, planted various foods, especially corn, this product was the basis of their meals.
This indigenous community always stood out for its pacifism and cordiality, ready to receive indigenous people from other communities, skilled farmers, knew how to make better use of the land, by this exemplified conduct of the Indians, the pachamama favored the planting of corn, Harvests improved year by year, the Omahuacas Vivian happy with agriculture, every year they made an offering to the mother earth in gratitude to the harvest, festivals that lasted several days in honor of the pachamama.
These benefits did not exist in other neighboring villages, the neighboring Indians lived envious of the fate of agriculture and the prosperous land of the omaguacas, it is clear that it was not luck, the omaguacas were very hard workers and by their goodness received extra rewards .
The envious Indians devised a plot to overthrow the cacique of the fertile lands, meeting the Omaguacas for their bravery in the struggles, the neighboring villages joined together to form only one, prepared the weapons of war, axes, daggers and bow with sharp points Arrow.
The skilled Indians knew the warrior cacique of the omaguacas, they knew that if they could reduce their person, conquering the village would be easier, for this situation, they prepared to Zumac Huayra a beautiful Indian possessing of natural charms, its mission would be to conquer the brave warrior .
With the weapons prepared and the strategy devised, the marauding Indians launched the plot, Zumac Huayra appeared in the valley, appearing to be bewildered, in the middle of the corn plantation, these were rescued by the good women of the village, upon seeing her They were invited to their huts, they gave her water and food, the whole town was distressed by the unexpected visit, a welcome festival was organized for the night.
In the course of the day the beautiful Indian met the chief, this skillful love at his whim to the brave cacique, when the night began, Zumac took possession of the presence of the cacique, they stood in the darkness of the night, Listening to the beautiful music ethnicity, in an act of hug took the neck of the chief and pressed until ending with his life.
The darkness of the night was an accomplice to the murder, did not allow to see what happened to the members of the village. The party is ending, because of the obscurity nobody could see the dead body of the cacique retiring to sleep, because of the heavy work day plus the party bustle, they entered a deep rest, this was the signal that the native looters waited to attack the Defenseless people, attacked with cruelty no one remained alive, the indigenous murderer had no mercy on the elderly or children, destroyed the village of the calm omaguacas.
The victory had a great celebration, in the middle of the party plans were made for planting and organizing crops, little happiness, the pachamama mounted in anger in conspiracy to the sun dried up the land, plantings and thicket, radically changed the floor.
At dawn the whole floor was barren, covered with dry sand, the beautiful summits were stained red by the bloodshed of the calm Omaguacas.

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The Indian god gave his pacifism and cordiality, allowing him to live forever in the earth, in the sandy soils beneath the stones where the omaguacas fell, hundreds of Cardon plants grew with sharp thorns to defend an attack, the long arms pointing To the sky, among thorns and thorns grew beautiful yellow, white and red flowers, the indigenous spirit of the omaguacos reigned in the plants of Cardón, only the cardon plants could resist living in the arid desert.

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When you go through a lock and see the cardon plants, remember my omaguacas brothers, who lost their lives for being peaceful and helpful, living on earth forever, gift of the Indian God for their goodness.

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Source: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humahuaca
I'll wait for you tomorrow to enjoy another account of my land Corrientes.

José Luis Fernández
Corrientes Argentina

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