Latin America�Culture Shock
Shock 1:�Storytime!
Shock 2:�Four Quarters
Three
Shock 3:�Money Talks
Shock 4:�Riddle Me This
Riddle 1
K’aspi chakicha frezada k’epicha.
It has legs as thin as sticks, yet carries a big warm blanket.�
Riddle 2
Saqtan, qimpim, yanun, mikun.�You knock him down, then roll up his sleeves, before you cook and eat.�
Riddle 3
P’unchaupi puñuq tutapi takiq.�It sleeps all day and sings at night.��
Riddle 3
Wakna patamanta yuraq sunkha machu k’amimuwashan.
His beard is white like an old man'’s, and he yells at me from atop the hill.���
Shock 5:�People of the Sun
Tonatiuh’s Face- the face of the sun, Lord of Heaven, around which takes place all daily and periodic phenomena.
Claws of the sun god- The Sun God is supposedly suspended in space by its claws. We see a human heart in its claw.
Jaguar Sun (The first sun): Aztecs believe this age was ruled by giants who were eventually eaten by jaguars.
The Winds Sun- the gods turned man into apes so they could hang onto the Earth during terrible hurricanes.