Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Learning Stone - Yachay Rumi

On the Achiyaku, or Wisdom Water river, lays a large boulder.

The boulder is called Yachay Rumi, or the Learning Stone.

This is because it has several different petroglyphs on it.

Petroglyphs are prehistoric pictures carved in stones.
In the Ecuador's Andean region, there can be found many different caves with petroglyphs.

In the Amazonic area there are many boulders and vulcanic stones that have petroglyphs on them out in the open.

In Ecuador, the systematic study of the petroglyphs has barely begun.

For years it has mostly been amateur domain and a tourist atraction.

There is no real knowledge of how or why the carvings were done or what do they depict.

There is also no information about the people who did them.
We cannot tell if they were the ancestors of Kichwa people living currently in the area or maybe some other people.

They probably were hunter-gatherers with little or no agronomy.

In the actual folk lore, Yachay Rumi, or the Learning Stone, is called this because it has been the place for kasikes or shamans to learn they office.

The Amazonic Kichwas of Napo say that the stone holds the knowledge of the ancients.

And everyone who wants to be a kasike needs to study it.

22 comments:

  1. Very interesting! I like looking at the petroglyphs of different cultures.

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  2. Pretty cool! I did not know any of this until now!!

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  3. Wow, this is all so neat. Maybe one day I can see the Learning Stone in person.

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  4. Wow this is really cool and very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing I love learning something new.

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  5. Amazing shape and carries history! A very very precious site. #ww

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  6. History is fascinating to read about and see pics of. Thanks.

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  7. This is exciting. I would love to visit the Learning Stone. Sounds like sacred space and very beautiful!

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  8. Sounds really interesting. Who knew a stone can teach so much history.

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  9. So neat! I've never heard of the learning stone before now!

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  10. It's nice to study this carvings. It can really tell something about the place.

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  11. ohhh goshhhh so interesting post. Never heard about this before. Surely wanna see it.

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  12. History is amazing .. were you able to see some of the pictures clear than others? Great Blog ! I just "joined your site" and followed you on GFC

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  13. What an amazing piece of history! My dream is to visit Ecuador some day and see with my own eyes all these beautiful places.
    Hugs,
    Rally

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  14. You've been posting so many beautiful sights and options when it comes to tourism that this Ecuador looks more and more fantastic every time I visit your blog. Stunning photos as well, by the way! They're what keeps me coming back.

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  15. Very interesting post. Keep it up.

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  16. wow I didnt know about petroglyphs! Thank you for sharing this trivia. :)

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  17. Wow .its amazing article i cam through Thanks for sharing

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  18. I'm in awe and intrigued at the same time, of petroglyphs. It shows us how our ancestors lived back then or what was important to them that they write on the walls about it. When I used to live in Manila, I often go for a mountain bike ride to get to the nearest petroglyphs and just spend a good amount of time looking at them and imagining how they lived.

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  19. That's indeed a learning stone! You can see how skillful people were with the available tools in their time.

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  20. Interesting. If only studying archeology was practical, I would understand these things by now.

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