Pre-Incan Dancefloor That Sounded Like Thunder Was Used For Worshiping Lightning God

[Judi Lynn]

2. Pre-Inca People Stomped Salutes to Their Thunder God

By
Nisha Zahid
August 23, 2023



Pre-Inca people danced on a unique platform in the Andes Mountains to worship their thunder God. Credit: Rod Waddington / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

Archaeologists discovered a fascinating occurrence in the Andes Mountains around seven hundred years ago long before the Inca Empire rose to prominence in 1400 A.D. New evidence suggests pre-Inca peoples produced human thunder on a ridge in the mountains.

Those who lived there, part of a group called the Chocorvos, created a unique platform on this high ridge in Peru, known as Viejo Sangayaico about a century prior to the establishment of the Inca Empire. They weren’t merely dancing, however; they were worshipping a thunder god.

Study of the pre-Inca dance site
Archaeologist Kevin Lane from the University of Buenos Aires has been studying this pre-Inca site. He found something quite intriguing. The floor these people made was like no other.

It was made of layers of different materials including soil, ash, and guano (which is bird droppings). These layers combined to form a floor that could take the pounding of people’s feet. When the floor was stomped on, it didn’t just absorb the impacts but made booming sounds much like thunder.

Think of it as a massive drum composed of the ground itself. A group of around twenty to twenty-five people could play this natural drum with their feet. It’s as if they were creating thunderous music while worshipping their thunder god.

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