Spanish Chronicles and the Andean Culture

At the same time the Spanish chronicle also played an important role in cooperating with maize in the Andes culture. During the harvest, they were a celebration, maize was brought home and people prayed to sing the plant's longevity (Bonavia, 2013, p. 224). They had a three-day ceremony where they ate and drank, and saw what is called Momazara, which became the mother of Corn (Bonavia, 2013, p. 224). The best ears are said to be wrapped in the best blanket at home (Bonavia, 2013, p.

Prior to the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, Inca people unified most of the Andes culture with the Inca Empire. Muisca in Colombia and Timoto Cuica in Venezuela are still outside the Inca track. The Inca Empire is a patchwork of language, culture and country. Andean civilization is one of the five major civilizations in the world and is thought by scholars to be "primitive", that is indigenous, not from other civilizations. Because of isolation from other civilizations, the Andean indigenous peoples must present their own, often unique solutions to environmental and social challenges.

Mary Louise Pratt's "Art of Contact Zones" discusses the relationship between the less powerful civilization, Andean and the powerful, dominant and civilized Spanish culture. Because the Spaniards did not understand the Andean civilization, they were not able to understand the true culture, and the Andes were regarded as ignorant. As Poma studied Spanish culture, he was able to act as a messenger between the two civilizations and was able to gain more power in communicating information between them. The Spaniards have a lot of power, but they do not have much knowledge about the Andean, and Poma knows more about these two cultures. In a sense, Poma got more from his knowledge than the knowledge the Spanians gained from their dominion. Therefore knowledge is power, knowledge is not always accompanied by force.