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The chili designs are derived from the chili chili (or chile chile) flower.

This zig zag design symbolizes the movement of water in the river as it approaches the valley

This design means lake cavern.

The chaskas (or ch’aska) motif represents stars.

A weaver joints the pieces of the textile and completes the textile’s borders.

In Ccollana, a community in Cusco, the Ch’uro design represents a snail.

The sun, and the principal god of the Incas, is venerated even today in many rituals. Weavers design according to their perception and to the technique or skills that weaving this design permits them to create (Callañaupa Alvarez 2007). In…

This skirt, called a pollera, may be worn in multiples and is made of hand-spun plain weave wool or, sometimes, commercial fabric.

This is the Spanish word for wheel.

Rosas means roses in Spanish, and that is what this design shows.