ABSTRACT
The Incas held many festivals during the year, at which they offered great sacrifices according to their custom. Hatun Raymi festival was celebrated in the end of August, when the maize harvest had been got in, as well as the potatoes, quinuas, ocas, and the other seeds that they sow. Having eaten and drunk many times, and the Inca, High Priest, and all the rest being merry in consequence, it was still only a little after noon. For the images of the Incas, their deceased kings were brought out, each one with its service of gold and silver. The Inca and High Priest, with all the courtiers, and the great concourse of people that came from the neighbourhood, did mucha, to the gods arranged round the square. The Inca and the High Priest often played together at their games, and these functionaries were of high lineage and had powerful relations.
