#quechuan

[clinically-not-straight]

This guy made a video about how rainbow-type flags aren't just representative of pride, using the Quechuan flag seen in Andean countries as an example.

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And its pretty neat. I especially like the bit where he explains that it had an extra stripe, a light blue one.

I want all the people that bothered to post comments on the video to be shot

Like, he outright says its a different thing. On top of that, because I had to study this shit, the six-stripe pride flag, the one shown in the video, is not the original in regards to ideation or even conceptualisation. Gilbert Baker wanted pink on the flag, but the thread was hard to come by so he left it out because of money and accessibilty reasons: there was no mention of light blue when I was researching a long while back. That six-stripe flag you see is the one that got shown to the public first, note that Gilbert Baker has nothing to do with any Andean cultures.

Anyway I think its swag as fuck that similar looking flags are getting used by different groups and that this just flat out isn't cultural appropriation and you're a fucking loser if you think that/are using it as a reason to be homophobic.

[ben-the-hyena]

Not me ALWAYS getting interested with background characters

Now I love the nameless Incan Mummy guards we briefly see in the first 2 movies, as I told @papabirdurskeks

I love these 2 and their stronger build (well as strong as a mummy can look), their stone masks, their ponytails and how aloof and professional they act. They both act exactly the same, I want to call the one with red feathers Puka and the one with blue feathers Anqas. Literally just red and blue in Quechuan lol

I also love these 2 in the sequels outro for how grumpy and pro they look and how they actually have different personalities and slightly different designs instead of just being copied and pasted. The one on the left is stoic and serious and threatening the whole time not caring or reacting to what Mummy has to say, I will call him Asiri ("smile"). The other one with darker hair and whom Mummy crashes onto which will have me name him Samin ("fortunate") is more flabbergasted, surprised and "wtf" at Mummy's tale stopping to look pro and angry as soon as he hears what he has to say

No idea what to do yet with these 2 clones during the movie, aside they have the same stone masks from the ones from the first movie but not the same feathers, have different shields and share the same hairstyle as Mummy. The one on the right also is rude pushing him with disrespect to have him leave faster when he gets banished. But so far no ideas yet

[torre-di-babele]

[diegomannino]

Last day in Cuzco... The Markets are amazing. #Cuzco #quechuan (at Cusco, Peru)

[diegomannino]

Been in Peru 3 1/2 days, needed to tune out for a bit. Here's a beautiful Quechuan woman. #Peru #quechuan (at Moray)

[travelershandbook]

Two gorgeous little Peruvian girls in their traditional Quechuan dresses stood roadside with their mother and aunties selling handmade goods above their home in Chivay, Colca Canyon.

[cheresson-blog]

We visited Huaca Huasi with Adrian from Terra Quechua Tours out of Cusco, Peru (terraquechuaperu.com/). At nearly 4,000 meters in the Andes, the community subsists primarily on the only crop that will grow: potatoes. About 80 percent of men from Huaca Huasi work in the fields, and labor rules are strictly determined by gender.

Let it be known—a potato grown without the aid of chemicals, pesticides, or even modern tools is just about the best potato we’ve ever tried. And just about the most difficult farming we’ve ever seen.