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THE POWERS OF "CHOQUECHINCHAY " (Legend)
 In the highlands of Junín and Bombom, border the lake Chinchaycocha was settling down tribes wanders that ascended of the coast, knowing the foods that the sea offered them as well as the birds and other existent plants in its area; in a same way it happened to the wanders that ascended from the forest.
Those that settled in this region formed the hardened legion of the Pumpush; in spite of their long walk and the abrupt change of the climate they conserved their good state of health and to combat the cold of the area they began to hunt and to tame the llama, appreciated by its wool with which covered their body, in the same way meat that was roasted for human food took advantage.
 The time lapsed, the provisions run out the fruits t were eaten and the seeds that they threw no longer came out again; this made that those "runes" they were weakening, the males, "Olgo Kuna", they had lost the force in the work and even worse in the virile aspect; the females, "Warmi Kuna" they had lost the femininity and the fertility.
The town was extinguishing little by little, but they never tried to look for the solution to the problem.
 Among them they began to blame each other. These discussions were becoming worse in desperate screams of rage. This arrived to hearings of the god "ChoqueChinchay " who from time to time showed their presence amid the lake through a sheaf of light brilliant that roared as contained wild animal, being listened until the confines of the universe.
Infuriated by what happened in their domains, "Chinchay Collides", it tried to discharge its anger in the population, when seeing that all threw the blame and nobody made anything to remedy the situation, they wanted to punish to those "runes" of the banks of the Chinchaycocha making act of presence amid them, showing its manliness, strength, fecundity and eternal youth; to an aged, sterile, weak, tired population..., in a word, conquered.
 It is this way, as the "Lynx" roaring leaves its room, to punish to the tribe of the Pumpush; they observed the first couple that discussed aloud and in them it discharged their anger, but in that instant it crossed a beautiful vicuñas flock, when seeing them they ran in search of their beautiful wool and at once the roar of the was heard "Lynx" and a sheaf of light fell, fair in the place where the couple discussed; this discharge alerted the members of the community who after several minutes scared by the presence of the god of the Pumpush, "Choque Chinchay ", among them; they left and they found blind and perplexed to the couple.
 In the place where it had discharged their anger the god of the Pumpush found was a beautiful carpet that it covered a small space in a square way.
Perplexed for the event they came closer with great reverence to observe the beautiful green carpet closely, the contemplate they considered as a sacred place of adoration to the "Choque Chinchay."
It was lapsing the time and the green carpet didn't wither, because it was resistant to the freezes of the area, while other plants withered with great speed.
 For many time it was adored as alive presence of the god "Chinchay". it was the only green place in the area, in front of the immensity of the pajonales.
The curiosity of one of the men of the community made that a night of full moon, the earth dug to see that it existed down this plant that made it resistant to the height, discovering this way roots in conical form as the lance tip, then they imagined that the god "Chinchay" they had not been able to penetrate to the "Pacha Mama"; intrigued by the discovery it was happened to toss in a vessel the stolen roots of the sacred place, they added him water of the lagoon and it took it to the fire, as it began to boil the water it presented a brown color and suddenly, they felt an aroma that was filling the atmosphere.
 Attracted by the aroma the rest of the tribe it surrounded this man's shack quietly; then this, allowed to cool the beverage, it proved a little, and to taste ,it felt that it was pleasant and they drank all the liquid, at once they felt to rejuvenate, it was opened the sexual appetite, they wanted to work.
It was the dawn. Without doubting it left to the field to pursue the llamas, and their wife felt very happy, so much so the face had been rejuvenated.
 Seen these whole changes in the couple, they asked what it had happened and product of what that aroma so delicious was.
Without doubting it, thinking of getting the harmony of the community pointed out the green carpet screaming - " Mama Pacha "!, " Mama Pacha "!; to the alone one to see that pointed out didn't listen that said by those clearly "runes" and the echo of the hills, alone replied Maaa.. quam....!, maaa.. quam....!
 So nobody respected the sacred of the carpet. They began the crop in disordered form and limitless to steal the powers of fertility, youth and the longings of working.
This lack of respect to the sacred place angered a lot to the god "Chinchay Collides", since in the green mantel it had stayed part in its way of being, and when not being able to recover the powers that they had left in the blessed root it complained. Angrier they still cursed the couple, sending him many children, and to the root they cursed him with these words: "It is not possible that you transmit my powers to the men, to have him fact, from today, the earth that engenders you will burn and it will take a lot of time so that it sees new alive beings grow; as well as you had been with you my powers will also have to remain to your side forever the heat that springs from me to be."
 Still, having listened the sentence of the god of the Pumpush, the residents continued with the siembra and crop of the divine root; the production was good, the consumption was carried out in different ways, but, they observed with pain that the earth in that the took place "Maqam" it didn't grow again it swims for a long time. It is the punishment of "Chinchay Collides", they said.
The "Lynx" thought that it never sow the divine and prodigious plant again, and it was this way calm believing that their powers would be no longer more diffused by the world.
But the Pumpush when realizing the healing, nutritious powers and of fertility of this root, it preferred the punishment to stop to sow the millennial and prodigious " MACA", until our days.
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