| Stroll along the tracks that criss-cross the landscape, passing deserted Incan ruins and nodding greetings to the Aymaran inhabitants. |
| However, a significant proportion of Ecuador's Andean population speaks the ancient Incan language of Quechua and a variety of related dialects. |
| But the similarity of the name to the Incan word makes the actual derivation ambiguous. |
| The Mapuche, normally a peaceful tribe, successfully defended their freedom and territories against first Incan and later Spanish colonists. |
| Other ancient and sophisticated calendars are the Athenian, the Egyptian, the Incan, the Aztec and the Mayan. |
| The weaving of Chinchero contains graphic designs that symbolize many of the festivals and rituals in the Incan culture. |
