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The domestic native American mute dogs
Episode LIX - (59)

Continued from Page 14 “kaclla”. The name viringo properties , for example to
seems to be the original relieve rheumatism.
The National Institute of name used by the Moches There are those who have
Culture of Peru ordered the or Mochicas, whose de- attributed to the Peruvian
location of Peruvian hair- scendants to this day name dog the ability to avoid al-
less dogs in museums and them so. lergies, bronchial problems
sites that have the neces- These dogs played an im- and asthma, since he has
sary conditions that allow portant role in the customs no hair that could cause
the natural development and myths of the Incas. The respiratory problems, nor
and breeding of this spe- chronicles of the time of fleas or ticks, since they
cies. the Spanish conquest and have nowhere to nest.
Representations of this the Viceroyalty testified to
specimen appear in ce- the presence of the Virin- Evidance shows that these
ramics of different pre-Inca gos. The country people particular type of dogs
cultures, such as Vicús, Mo- kept the dog without hair, where very popular, since
chica, Chancay, with Tia- associated with their own it is believed that our na-
huanaco influence, Sicán culture and used it for me- tives also had their own
and Chimú. dicinal purposes.Due to hairless mute hunting dog,
The Incas way or in Quech- the lack of hair, this breed for hunting and for the pro-
ua they called theire dog keeps your body warmer to tection against bad spirits
protect you from the envi- and omens. I have seen
ronment. local ceramic pieces that
Pedro Weiss points out in his most probably are origi-
research that the hairless nal Dabajuroide work that To immerse in what Aruba is all about, its people,
dog of Peru genetically has very much resable a hair- its origins, its animals and culture, we highly recom-
an ectodermal hypoplasia less mute hunting dog. I mend you to book your visit to our renowned cultur-
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