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Video: Hairless Peruvian dogs, which the ancients considered the fiend of Hell, are back
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The Peruvian Hairless Dog (or "Perro peruano sin pelo" in Spanish) has shiny, leathery wrinkled skin and a few patches of hair on its body. Today this breed is recognized as official, and June 12 is the Day of the Hairless Peruvian Dog. However, according to ancient sources, less than three decades ago, this dog breed was on the verge of extinction.
According to PrimitiveDogs.com, breeders refer to this hairless species as “primitive dogs” because their genetics have remained largely unchanged for thousands of years. And one of the breeders even went so far as to call them "as important as Machu Picchu" for Peruvian culture. Dogs were depicted on ceramics of the Moche culture, dating from about 750 AD, as well as in the art of cultures Wari, Chimu and Vicusa, informing archaeologists that pre-Inca cultures have tended this extraordinary breed for millennia throughout the Peruvian North Coastal Zone. In addition, these dogs were not allowed to eat from the Incas, and the Spanish conquerors considered them devilish because they were "ugly."
Huaca Puclana
From the words of archaeologist Huaca Pucllana Mirella Ganoza, it is clear that in 2006 the Peruvian government declared the dog. The goal was to reclaim some of the Peruvian culture before it disappeared completely. … So, nowadays, these previously supposedly creepy ugly dogs greet visitors at the ancient pre-Inca pyramid of Huaca Puclana, located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, which was built by the culture of Lima around 500 AD. Thus, travelers visiting this place can personally get to know this unique breed!
Satanic beings
The Peruvian Hairless Dog was once a staple part of the country's culture, dating back to pre-Columbian times, and at that time they were common. But when the Spanish conquistadors arrived on the shores of Peru in 1532 with a thirst for gold and silver and the goal of destroying the country's indigenous culture, replacing it with Catholicism, they were in for a very peculiar surprise. Seeing hairless dogs, they said that such an ugly breed - with their naturally protruding teeth and tongues from the mouth, as well as tufts of hair and a scattering of wrinkles and warts streaking black, brown and spotted skin - is something evil, and that it is a fiend hell urgently needs to be exterminated.
says Mirella. Over the centuries, dogs have slowly died out and disappeared from public consciousness. They were no longer the favorite Peruvian pets, but bald street dogs that should be ignored, separated from the culture. Ganoza recalls being told as children that they were "perros chinos," Chinese dogs brought in by a wave of immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Crucial moment
But that began to change in the 1990s when the movement slowly took hold to bring the dogs back and perros peruanos sin pelo began to enter the homes and hearts of Peruvians again. When the Peruvian government passed a law requiring dogs like Sumac and Munay to live in archaeological museum sites, it was a turning point. Today this breed is widely adored throughout Peru and outside the country. The country established the National Committee for the Protection of the Hairless Peruvian Dog and on June 12, the day the dog was recognized as the official breed, celebrates the Day of the Hairless Peruvian Dog. Sumak and Munay are loved by tourists and park workers. They run along his fence, barking at the dogs and people passing by.
Dressed in T-shirts the color of the Peruvian flag, 3-year-old Sumac playfully hops around the park workers, while 10-year-old Munay approaches tourists for love, tails between his legs nervously, after which people follow the archaeologists as they continue excavating the ruins, and the guides sometimes stop to explain. history of the breed. They also perceive the fifty-three-year-old park worker Delia Zomi Humon as a “mother” who, hugging Sumac in her arms, tells a fascinating story about how they react to her, while watching the dog playfully chew the sleeve of her jacket:. And despite the fact that Peruvian dogs are gradually gaining love and care, nevertheless, they are still under threat of extinction. Who knows, maybe soon this amazing and beautiful view in its own way will completely disappear from the face of the Earth, leaving behind only echoes of the old history …
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