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Chan Chan

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Chan Chan  (chän chän)
A ruined pre-Incan city on the northern coast of Peru, built after a.d. 850. It may once have had a population of 200,000.


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Byline: ANI Caracas (Venezuela), July 16 (ANI): Archaeologists have found evidence that a woman from the Chimu culture was buried alive in the 15th century at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in Peru to ameliorate the various effects of what we today call the El Nino weather phenomenon.
When I paint," she writes in a statement of her artistic vision, "I can almost feel the mud friezes of the citadel of Chan Chan, the threads of filigree of the Wari textiles, the stunning pectorals of the Lord of Sipan, the Nazea lines carved in the desert, the colors of the sacred vases of the Incas, the huge and perfectly cut stones of Machu Picchu.
Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club "This song is somusically rich that I was drawn to it the very first time I heard it," says drummer Kev McNally.
 
 
 
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