Kimsa Chata, also spelled Kimsachata, is a 4,735-metre-high mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range south-east of Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of
Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range as seen from Tiwanaku (looking south). Kimsa Chata lies behind the mountain Quena Chita on the left.
The Aymara or Aimara people are an Indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. Approximately 2.3 million Aymara live in northwest Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Kimsa Chata (Ingavi)
…Chata is situated between the mountains Nasa Puqi in the north and Chuqi Ch'iwani in the south. Kimsa Chata is a ceremonial and sacred mountain of the Aymara people. This is also where the Aymara Willkakuti feast takes place. Tiwanaku River…
Aymara people in Tarapacá, Chile
The Gate of the Sun in Tiwanaku, Bolivia
A Yatiri, a traditional Aymara medical practitioner and community healer performing a ritual near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
Aymara poncho, 17th or 18th century