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    CHAPTER X ‘THE BIPOLAR SIKU IN THE MOCHE CULTURE: #3 ‘Athough avdence for panpipes a thar se is rlaalysosroe Inmostpretisorie "nan cultures, te Moche andthe Nasos cultures o provide a west. of ivormation abou panpipes. Gravings on ‘zatious vases trom the Moche culture and arehasoliesl panpibes ‘kom tho Nasca culture conn tho oxansWvo use of theea miles Instrurerts, Meceover,lnthissocond pat of hehe, |wlshow that ‘hetwomostimpontantcharacorisies ofthe Aptana sky (aieh have bbeen analyzed in Part One, the musical logue ad orchestral and ‘choreographic use of the si, havo thir roots in tesa ancient PPenan cuties ‘The Moche culture ‘The Moche (Mochica or prote-Chimt) was one of soveral prosncan culos on thenorh coast of Peru. The Meche people ied Inthevaleyscfthe ocho and Vruriorsinthaproszetdepararentos ‘of La Libertad and Plura. The culture developed inthe period known as tho Early Intermediete, wich was the nex between the two horizon styles in Peruvian prohstary tbe Chat. hotiaon and the “iahvansco horizon The Meche cute brag the contries AD 200100. BO, 34 en ee "THE ROOTS OF PERUVIAN PAKPIPE ORCHESTRAS ‘The despeliejados Abundant artiacts rom ths Mecho euture have been found in ‘apparent tights burl. Ralls and drawings on potery costly ‘show sifero aspects ofthe feof Moshe pone fee eg, Donnan 1978) Some of them ropreset skeletal ures that ar Important for this stay, Accoraing to the majrty of archassloglts, tees were Imaginary death-world belngs belonging to Mache mythology (Kaustisann Doig 1978; Donnan 1078; Kutcher 1955; and Bonson 1873), Howaver, according tothe Peradan ecole, Aturo Jenne? Borja (porsonalnterlew), thse death peopla wore real people that ‘sted In Moche culture; he eas thom dospoljadoe or people ‘without si (00 Pat 6a). Jimenez Barje, who ls elso a physician, afims that the espallojades were people surgically operated upon The Moche ‘surgeons sometimes extracted oly the eyeldso ips At ther times, they completely esracted tho eyes, the facial kin and muscles, Probably wit Ue help of some herbs and olrtment,Hemerhaging ‘Would have been avolied by means of cauterzatonInthis extracting Intervention, the surgoons respecte the facial etry. and they left Intact the muscles that suppert the Jaw in ordo to ‘avd the jaw emaining pen, As one can clearly see inte majority of thaso death figures, there ae broken ine or lateral protuberances nthaface neat ‘the Jw, which probably ropreaont tho muscles thet support i. Also, tho surgeons earacted the lips, leaving tho teth uncovered. inthis way, the despelolados aoqured a macabre appearance, which ‘became worse because of ts dificult of esting and crnkng, Thus, these peopeprogresshvaly booame ining skeletons ‘tseemsthat the despoojados were associated ith xin same way, Judging by thelr numerous repreeataions n sexual actives, ‘uch as ries in roaton to, masturbation. Duo to ther double ‘iacabre-sxual character, perhaps the despoljados wore a ect of ‘some tein celation fo tho clehctomy o if (or sex) and death, priests ofa lturgy for somo dual gods, of people especialy prepared for “THE DIPOLAR SIKU IN THE MOCHE CULTURE ceremonies In rolation to death and fetity or sex. Probably. the ‘association ofthe despelojados wih sex eprecontsa belt smarto ‘that in Mesoamerica (spetfelly the Mies) wees skeletal imagery ‘was fenty Imagery (urs 1977), may also bo, however, that thes skeltl igure were onfy people ersly pushed for some erm, and fom whom, according To the seriousness ofthe crimo, ono or more of theta organs Wa removed. Despte his, they continued practicing saxal aces. Tho

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