Later in Maimará, there is an extension of bands of color on the mountains, called "The Painter's Palette." One of the main attractions in this ravine is the Pucara de Tilcara, a fortified town built by the native Omaguaca in pre-Columbian times. El Pucara de Tilcara The monolith marks the Tropic of Capricorn is where the day is celebrated June 21 Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun), a celebration of ancient Aymara is, when it begins the winter solstice, for the new cycle agriculture. Humahuaca was founded by the Spaniards in the late sixteenth century.
In his Church and the Museum of Northern Carnival is a complex picture of the habits and customs of the region. A 12 Km are the mysterious ruins of the platforms for growing Coctaca with many grids pircas. We can find many remnants of pre-Hispanic past, including pucaras, Antigal and rock paintings are scattered throughout the area. Habits persist in the area prior to colonization, marked in community celebrations. One of them is associated with the agricultural calendar, such as the Ming and brought others to the patron saint festival, the misachicos, the cult of the dead, the living manger.
One of the most important ritual is the cult of Pachamama. Something to recommend in this area are the carnivals, with a rapid cycle between dig and Burial, with enthusiastic participation.History Quebrada de Humahuaca provided a route to the Inca, was passage of settlers and explorers and a major trade route in the Colonial stage. The settlements of the colonial era acquired great importance as it developed alongside the Pre-Hispanic settlement in the area also produced a cultural exchange with neighboring countries in South America, interaction that began 10,000 years ago and persist today .
Its real importance is that the Creek has functioned as a permanent means of interaction, linking distant lands and different cultures, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Andes to the southern plains, a clear examp