Quechua people

She was a midwife and a healer and her name was Mama Rosita Colta.

And she had ushered in so many babies in her community, the Quechua community.

And she told me over and over in our conversation about their traditions related to childbirth and delivery.

But she kept saying, Nuestro cuerpo es sagrado.

In a November 1 telegram, Pope Leo praised Archbishop Alarcon as a self-sacrificing shepherd who for years and with great faithfulness dedicated his life to the service of God and the Church.

The Pope said, that the lord jesus may grant him the crown of glory that does not fade the pope named archbishop lizardo estrada herrera coadjutor archbishop of cuzco in august positioning him to succeed archbishop alarcon a franciscan born in lima archbishop alarcon served as archbishop of cuzco since twenty fourteen He was known for visiting remote mountain and jungle communities, and he championed the church's synodal vision and encouraged greater participation by indigenous and Quechua-speaking Catholics.

Pope Leo is scheduled to visit Cusco during his November 6th through 17th South American trip.

Well, as I'd mentioned at the top of this podcast, today is All Souls Day, and Pope Leo XIV marked the feast by celebrating Mass at Rome's Campo Verano Cemetery, urging Catholics to pray for the dead and to remember that death does not break the bond between the faithful and Christ.

In certain races of man, the hair on the head hardly ever becomes grey.

Thus, Mr. D. Forbes has never, as he informs me, seen an instance with the Imoras and Quichuas of South America.

In regard to the general hairiness of the body, the women in all races are less hairy than the men, and in some few quadramana the underside of the body of the female is less hairy than that of the male.

Lastly, male monkeys, like men, are bolder and fiercer than the females.

As a matter of fact, it did happen a few days later, and the next explorers to attempt to cross the river at this point found only one slender log remaining.

leaving the stream we struggled up the banks through a dense jungle and in a few minutes reached the bottom of a precipitous slope for an hour and twenty minutes we had a hard climb a good part of the distance we went on all fours sometimes hanging on the tips of our fingers here and there a primitive ladder made from the roughly hewn trunk of a small tree was placed in such a way as to help one over what might otherwise have proven to be an impassable cliff in another place the slope was covered with slippery grass where it was hard to find either handholds or footholds the guide said that there were lots of snakes here the humidity was great the heat was excessive and we were not in training shortly after noon we reached a little grass-covered hut where several good-natured indians pleasantly surprised at our unexpected arrival welcomed us with dripping gourds full of cool delicious water Then they set before us a few cooked sweet potatoes, called here kumara, a Kichwa word, identical with the Polynesian kumala, as has been pointed out by Mr. Cook.

Apart from the wonderful view of the canyon, all we could see from our cool shelter was a couple of small grass huts and a few ancient stone-faced terraces.

Two pleasant Indian farmers.

And honestly, one of the things I think a lot about really quickly as an indigenous person is people are always like, oh, their languages are dying and they're dying.

Do you know how many Quechua people and Quechua speakers there are? Like four or five million.

There are more Quechua speakers and people than there are possibly in the small countries in Europe.

I mean, so I think it's important to remember, like, it's a narrative that isn't entirely true, and we don't talk about it.

But that particular scene, Chivanton, obviously, he was a general, and he was just a truly bad, despicable human being.