Peruvian Whistling Vessel

[ivanb]

Hello, I would love to ask this question. How where this musical instruments used, by who specifically, and for what purpose, if they where used in healing or magical ceremonies what was the nature of the sound and how was it achieved and what was accomplished. And what where the disposition of the practitioners.

 

[Alejo]

Hello, I would love to ask this question. How where this musical instruments used, by who specifically, and for what purpose, if they where used in healing or magical ceremonies what was the nature of the sound and how was it achieved and what was accomplished. And what where the disposition of the practitioners.

Hi Ivanb,

Can you tell us a bit more about that contraption? how old is it? what theories exist about it? give us a bit more context so that a discussion can be launched.

 

[ivanb]

Hi Ivanb,

Can you tell us a bit more about that contraption? how old is it? what theories exist about it? give us a bit more context so that a discussion can be launched.

Hello. This ceramic pots are pre-Columbian artifacts that are predominantly found in northern Peruvian excavations particularly in funerary and ceremonial sights. They are estimated to have been made since 500 BC, and have been continually used by many cultures indigenous to Peru, Equador, Chilly, and Bolivia up to the colonial inquisition. It's use has been lost or hidden since, but has had in the past few decades attracted interest. They have normally one or two chambers, a spout and opening to allow the sound to emanate either by breath or by the displacement of a liquid within the chamber's by tilting the objects. The sound may be that of birds or howels of canines as represented on the clay pots, or simply produce whistling sounds. I understand that the sound may have been tuned for specific ceremonial uses such as connecting with certain realms in other dimensions or to transition in our physical realm. I would assume that the practitioners of importance where likely attuned to the sound and psychic phenomena produced by its intended purpose.

 

[ivanb]

 

[ivanb]

I would also add that many replicas have been produced allowing those interested to explore and enjoy their use.

 

[Alejo]

Oh thanks a lot, those little devices are actually quite brilliant. Perhaps their purpose wasn't anything other than to replicate the sounds of nature around them? I do have to say that the engineering that goes into them seems to be rather sophisticated, and I do have to wonder if there might be something to the study of the sounds and frequencies of nature, that would lead one to find a way to replicate them at will for a specific purpose.

I do have to say that simply listening to those whistling sounds evokes a sense of peace in nature to me.

 

[ivanb]

This cultures where brilliant in hydrology, not only was water ingeniously transported many kilometers through systems that work to this day, equally brilliant are designs that inspires the emotional senses by the sound and visual effects created by having the water flow over and around stone layouts. The indigenous people equate this engineering marvels with a technology that works with and honours nature and the protective Apus of the region. I believe that this people had a deeper connection to the forces of nature and understood and continue to understand the correlation of the physical world with the non physical world. Certainly this pots where used for entertainment, but finding this items in graves could indicate that they were of significant importance, and that their use was apposed by the church at the time may indicate that they where used in effective rituals that where seen as contrary to Christian practice. The anthropological department at the University of Lima would have excellent resources for this study, as well as befriending Quechua shamans could help reveal some secrets. I hope enough interest in this subject could be created to inspire some research by this forum and perhaps have our 6D friends lead us in the right direction.

 

[monotonic]

Our civilization has elegant inventions that inspire wonder, I think that is what this was for the Peruvians. It would be so confusing and awe inspiring to see these for the first time and wonder what is the shared connection between the animal and the whistle.