Nilda spins as she walks beside the ruins along the top of the hill near her house. She and other Andean people often pass the remains of their ancestors' temples, forts, palaces, staircases, terraces, waterworks, and stone-lined roadways.
This is especially true in Chinchero which was once the country estate of one of the last emperors, Tupa Inca. Palace walls were constructed of large stones put together like giant jigsaw puzzles. Inside, the palace would have been light and bright with windows to allow the sun's rays to shine on gold and silver objects and fine weavings.
Inca people who live in the Andes walk for miles and while they walk they spin yarn for weaving.
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