Kañari
The Kañari (Kañar, Cañari, Cañar) are an indigenous people in the Ecuadorian province of Cañar , which is named after them, as well as in the province of Azuay .
The metalworking ( copper , bronze and gold ) and ceramics of the Kañari were important.
The capital of the Kañari empire before the Inca period was Hatun Kañar ("Greater Kañar"), today's ruins of Ingapirca ( Inkapirka , "Inca Wall"). The Kañari stood in the way of the Inca Empire's expansion into what is now Ecuador at the end of the 15th century . Only after fierce resistance were they overthrown in bloody battles around 1480 near the Kañari village of Guapondelig by the army of the Inca ruler Túpac Yupanqui ( Tupaq Yupanki ) and the area was incorporated into the Inca Empire. So it is no wonder that the Kañari were particularly affected by the forced relocations ( mitma ) by the Incas. Kañari resettlers left traces, e.g. B. in the department of Lambayeque in Peru, where a district is called Kañaris (Cañaris) . In place of the destroyed town of Guapondelig, the Incas built the town of Tumipampa , which was probably destroyed during the war of succession between Huáscar ( Waskar ) and Atahualpa ( Atawallpa ) and where the town of Cuenca now stands.
The Kañari supported Waskar against Atawallpa. In revenge, Atawallpa caused a massacre among the male population, including boys. During the Conquista , the Spaniards found the Kañari allies against Atawallpa's forces.
Even at the time of the Conquista, the Kañari spoke a Yunka language (Kañari) , a language related to the Muchik and the Old Puruhá . The resettlement policy, begun under the Incas and continued under the Spaniards in the viceroyalty of Peru , favored the linguistic assimilation of the Kichwa . Kañari Kichwa (Quichua de Cañar) is the dialect of Kichwa of Ecuador spoken by the Kañari today , which in turn is a variant of Quechua (Quechua II b after Torero). In contrast, the Inkawasi-Kañaris variant spoken in Cañaris (Northern Peru) is related to Cajamarca-Quechua (Quechua II a). In some areas, Kañari-Kichwa has already been supplanted by Spanish.
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Individual evidence
- ^ John Hemming: The conquest of the Incas. Macmillan, 1993, ISBN 0-333-10683-0 , p. 152