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INCA KINGDOM
DRAMA
By Dra. Cholita
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The drama was
cultivated by the Incas, and dramatic performances were
enacted before
them. Garcilasso de la Vega, Molina,
and Salcamayhua
are the
authorities who received and have recorded the information given
by the Amautas
respecting the Inca drama. Some of these
dramas, and
portions of
others, were preserved in the memories of members of Inca
and Amauta
families. The Spanish priests,
especially the Jesuits of
Juli, soon
discovered the dramatic aptitude of the people.
Plays were
composed and
acted, under priestly auspices, which contained songs and
other fragments
of the ancient Inca drama. These plays
were called
'Autos Sacramentales.'
But complete Inca
dramas were also preserved in the memories of members
of the Amauta
caste and, until the rebellion of 1781, they were acted.
The drama of
Ollantay was first reduced to writing and arranged for
acting by Dr. Don
Antonio Valdez, the Cura of Tinto. It
was acted
before his friend
Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui[FN#1] in about 1775.
Taking
the name of his
maternal ancestor, the Inca Tupac Amaru, the ill-fated
Condorcanqui rose
in rebellion, was defeated, taken, and put to death
under torture, in
the great square of Cuzco. In the
monstrous sentence
'the
representation of dramas as well as all other festivals which the
Indians celebrate
in memory of their Incas' was prohibited.[FN#2]
This
is a clear proof
that before 1781 these Quichua (Quecha) dramas were acted.
[FN#1]
INCA-PACHACUTI
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TUPAC YUPANQUI
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INCA HUAYNA
CCAPAC
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MANCO INCA
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TUPAC AMARU
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JUANA NUSTA =
DIEGO CONDORCANQUI
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FELIPE
CONDORCANQUI
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PEDRO
CONDORCANQUI
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MIGUEL
CONDORCANQUI
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JOSE GABRIEL
CONDORCANQUI (TUPAC AMARU)
[FN#2] 'Sentencia pronunciada en el Cuzco por el
Visitador Don Jose
Antonio de
Areche, contra Jose Gabriel Tupac Amaru.' In Coleccion de
obras y
documentos de Don Pedro de Angelis, vol. V. (Buenos Ayres, 1836-