MOUNTAINS
PAINTED BY THE YEARS, ANCIENT ROUTES AND WINDS OF ANDEAN MUSIC
THEY CROSS THE QUEBRADA. BETWEEN RITES AND CARNIVAL, THE VALLEY SINGS TO US
HIS SORROWS AND WE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS BOYFRIEND.
THE
QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA IS A VAST AND IRREGULAR MOUNTAINOUS VALLEY OF
APPROXIMATELY 155 KM. LONG THAT CROSSES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THE
JUJUY PROVINCE. IN 2003 IT WAS DECLARED A NATIONAL HERITAGE OF
HUMANITY BY UNESCO THANKS TO ITS GREAT NATURAL WEALTH AND
CULTURAL. ITS IMPOSING LANDSCAPES KEEP MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS OF
HISTORY. THEIR PATHS ARE MARKED BY ABORIGINAL FOOTPRINTS
OF ALL THE ETHNIC GROUPS THAT HAVE LEFT RITES, CUSTOMS, FESTIVALS AND
TRADITIONS.
MORE
CLOSE TO HEAVEN. LA QUEBRADA BEGINS 39 KILOMETERS NORTH
OF SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY AND ENCOMPASSES PICTURESQUE FRAMED VILLAGES
FOR A UNIQUE NATURAL SETTING. BETWEEN 2,000 AND 4,000 METERS ABOVE
SEA LEVEL, A CHAIN OF VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS UNFOLDS THAT
PAINT A WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE.
FROM
ALL COLORS. AT 2,192 METERS HIGH, PURMAMARCA LOOMS,
THE FIRST MOST IMPORTANT TOWN IN THE QUEBRADA. THIS ENCHANTED PLACE
HAS AS A BACKDROP THE "CERRO DE LOS 7 COLORES", PRODUCT
OF MARINE, LAKE AND RIVER SEDIMENTATION RAISED BY THE
TECTONIC MOVEMENTS. THIS RAINBOW PAINTED MOUNTAIN IS THE
PERFECT PLACE TO CONTEMPLATE THE VASTNESS OF THE LANDSCAPE AND DELIGHT
WITH YOUR EYES.
THE
TOUR CONTINUES AT THE CRAFT FAIR LOCATED AROUND THE
MAIN SQUARE. IN IT, THE VISITOR WILL FIND BEAUTIFUL CRAFTS
INDIGENOUS TO THE ARGENTINE NORTHWEST, AMONG WHICH THE
LOOM RUGS , BLANKETS, PONCHOS, TAPESTRIES,
NATIVE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TYPICAL CLOTHING OF THE REGION.
TO
AFTER THE VISIT, THE BEST AWAITS US: THE "SALINAS GRANDES". TO
126 KM. PURMAMARCA, MORE THAN 12,000 HECTARES OF SALT ARE SPREAD
UNDER THE OPEN SKY. THIS WHITE DESERT HALLUCINATES THE TRAVELER'S GAZE AND
SUBMERGES HIM IN A DREAM THAT BLURS THE HORIZON.
CAPITAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL. TILCARA IS ANOTHER MUST-SEE OF THE QUEBRADA
FOR PRESERVING AND REVIVING THE ABORIGINAL TRADITION. JUST 1
KILOMETER FROM THE TOWN, THE “PUCARÁ DE TILCARA” RISES, A
BUILDING THAT THE OMAGUACAS ABORIGINES BUILT MORE THAN
900 YEARS IN ORDER TO HAVE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE VALLEYS AND
ALL YOUR ACCESS ROUTES. IN THESE IMPOSING RUINS YOU CAN SEE THE
HABITATS AND PENS OF THE TIME AND ON THE EASTERN SLOPE
SEE A LARGE NECROPOLIS MADE UP OF NUMEROUS PYRES
FUNERAL HOMES. TO KNOW TILCARA IS TO TRAVEL TO THE PAST TO KNOW THE
CULTURAL RICHNESS OF OUR NATIVE PEOPLES.
RIO
SACRED IS THE MEANING OF HUMAHUACA, THE HISTORICAL CAPITAL OF
THE QUEBRADA. FOR THE OMAGUACAS, THIS “RIVER THAT WILL ALWAYS BE”
SYMBOLIZES THINGS THAT ONLY CHANGE TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LIKE A RIVER THAT RUNS TO ALWAYS RETURN TO ITS CHANNEL, HUMAHUACA
RELIVE ITS ORIGIN. YEARS AFTER YEAR, THE TOWN CELEBRATES AND DRESSES IN
CARNIVAL. MUSIC SPROUTS FROM ITS NARROW AND COBBLED STREETS
FROM THE EARTH AND THE CHOLAS SING THEIR SONGS. A REAL PARTY
WHERE THE NATIVE IS REBORN FROM THE DEPTHS OF OUR
ROOTS.
LEAVE
FOOTPRINTS. TO RETRACE THE PATHS OF THE QUEBRADA WATERCOLOR,
GET CLOSER TO TANGOL. LA
AGENCY (LOCATED
IN FLORIDA 971, GROUND FLOOR, LOCAL 31) OFFERS YOU EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO BE A LIVING PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHENTIC
PAINTING.