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Huaca
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Also known as wak'a

thumb|300px|Coricancha museum marker graphically explaining the Inca Wakas and Seqes system thumb|300px|Coricancha museum marker describing the Inca Wakas and Seqes system In the Quechuan languages of South America, a huaca or '''wak'a' is an object that represents something revered, typically a monument of some kind. The term huaca can refer to natural locations, such as immense rocks. Some huacas have been associated with veneration and ritual. The Quechua people traditionally believed every object has a physical presence and two camaquen'' (spirits), one to create it and another to animate

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Huaca è un termine quechua con cui gli inca definivano luoghi, oggetti o esseri animati ritenuti sacri. Il vocabolo huaca viene, letteralmente, tradotto con "Ydolos" (idoli in italiano) nel fondamentale dizionario «quechua-castellano» scritto nel 1608 da Diego de Gonçález Holguín.

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