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hocha
Inca religion
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- In pre-Columbian civilizations: Divination
This was called hocha, a ritual error. The ayllu, a basic social unit identified with communally held land, was wounded by individual misdeeds. Crimes had to be confessed and expiated by penitence so as not to call down the divine wrath.
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