Qhapaq Qulla ( Quechua ''qhapaq'' noble, principal, mighty;Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, ''Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha,'' La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) ''

Qulla The Qulla ( Quechuan for ''south'', Hispanicized and mixed spellings: ''Colla, Kolla'') are an Indigenous people of western Bolivia, northern Chile, and the western portions of Jujuy and Salta provinces in Argentina. The 2004 Complementary In ...

'' an

indigenous people There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...

) is a folk dance in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is performed at festivals of the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...

, such as '' Mamacha Carmen'' in Paucartambo and the important '' Quyllur Rit'i'' at the

Winter Solstice The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's geographical pole, poles reaches its maximum axial tilt, tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern Hemisphere, Northern and So ...

on the mountain Qullqipunku.''Historia del Arte Peruano,'' Fascículo 3: "Ritos y Fiestas: Origen del Teatro y la Danza en el Perú," 2007, Ministerio de Educación, Educación por el Arte, Serie 2 para estudiantes de Secundaria,

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{{reflist Peruvian dances Indigenous dances of South America Department of Cusco

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