The famous Pachamama statue in Bolivia is designed with 177
sun symbols in her skirt:
(Ref. Posnansky) Although Posnansky argued for 94 + 88 = 182 double circles once having been visible, meaning 2 * 182 = 364 days in a year, I do not agree. Her right leg (left from us seen) is in the north, meaning close to the sun, while her left leg has fewer sun symbols. So much is clear. But it is only the summer half of the year we see, not the whole year. Spring equinox is at left (from us seen), and then sun moves further south until reaching summer solstice (represented by the division between her legs (quarters). The number of sun symbols intensifies up to solstice, then slowly diminishes again, reaching the end of summer at the extreme right with autumn equinox. Counting should not be done horizontally (as Posnansky has tried) - that would be like counting together apples and bananas. It should be done vertically:
94 + 83 = 177 days for the summer is not a bad measure because summer is shorter than winter south of the equator. 177 = 3 * 59, equal to half of a year defined as 6 * 59 = 354 days. A double circle is like one eye of the sun - the pupil is the smaller circle. |