Takanakuy: Does this dead bird hat look fine on me?

Takanakuy (Quechua for "to hit each

other") is an annual established practice
of fighting fellow community members
held on 25 December, by the inhabitants
of Chumbivilcas Province, near Cuzco in
Peru.The practice started in Santo Toms,
the capital of Chumbivilcas, and has now
spread to other villages and cities, the
prominent ones being Cuzco and Lima.
The festival consists of dancing and of
individuals fighting each other to settle old
conflicts or simply to display their
manhood.
There are five types of traditional
'characters' portrayed during the
ceremony that have different roles based on Andean cultural symbols. The majority of the dress is
based on traditional horse-riding gear and brightly colored Peruvian ski masks, which are
characteristic of the specific regional area. The ski masks are not all the same: they have different
colors, different designs, and different textile patterns.
Majeno: Majenos are the most basic level of dress adorning the traditional horse riding gear.
A majeo is a person who lives near the Majes River in the Andes and the attire of this character is
based on that. Wool horse-riding pants, a leather cap, a harrington-like traditional Peruvian
jacket, hollowed out bull's horn for the alcohol. The specific Peruvian ski mask is called uyach'ullu,
which has abstract symbolic associations and displays four colors (red, green, yellow, and white)
which are supposed to represent the four quadrants of the universe. The main purpose of the ski
mask however is to conceal the identity of the fighters to prevent the tensions and animosities
lingering into the next year.
Quarawatanna: Majeno dress with the addition of a leather biker jacket, long leather cowboy
chaps, and either a dead bird or a deer skull on top of his/her head. The majority of the young
individuals in the indigenous communities pick this type of fighter due to its intimidation factor.[5]
Negro: Aspects of this dress attempt to portray a slave master during the colonial periods; for
example, knee-high leather boots, fancy worsted pants, a nice shirt and waistcoat, a silk
embroidered cape in pink or baby blue, and a cardboard crown with shiny wrapping paper on the
sides and a star at the top. Then the character has to dance in circles like a rooster, which is the
characters associated spirit animal. This type of outfit was traditionally reserved for the wealthy men
in town and served in contrast to the majenos drunk archetype. Over time, the character became
less the rich mans costumes than the top fighters.[5]
Langos:The Spanish word langos translates to locust, and this costume is made to resemble one.
The outfit is made of shiny material, and often the wearer hands a dead bird to represent the death
that locusts caused in the area in the 1940s.[5]
Q'ara Gallo: This specific fighter wears no distinct type of dress attributed to Andean culture but still
takes part in the procession but not the ceremonious fighting.[5]
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