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12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

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Vira Cocha, Ma, in Shining Clothes, Let Man Live Well

Pacha kuti inca ya panqui is a piece of inca poetry supposedly composed by that great inca king. It's a prayer to the creator, god, vira kocha, asking him to protect and keep the people of the andes safe. As you listen, try to imagine what it would feel like to watch the great society of the inca deteriorate around you.

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