chaquén not god of sports , fertility, made sure committed adultery punished, happened tintoa , sunuba. young , brave guecha warrior tintoa fell in love beautiful sunuba, principal wife – muisca had extensive polygamy – of prince. when husband of sunuba went war, named wife guardian. when warrior prince returned battle , found out wife cheating tintoa, decided punish them both. lovers ran away , escaped law. when chaquén found out located, punished them converting them vegetables; beautiful sunuba type of cane or reed, condemned live close waters of various swamps of bogotá savanna , tintoa dry weed, growing in arid areas, separating 2 forever.
heritage of chaquén
in boyacá , other parts of central colombia game of tejo survived muisca times. goal of tejo throw clay dishes , hit pieces of small explosive, gaining points. game has been played before arrival of spanish conquistadores , still popular in villages of altiplano cundiboyacense.
honouring chaquén theme park in sumapaz, bogotá has been named after him.
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