Many tourists in Cuzco asked him to do despachos for them, offerings to the apus.
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The snow peaks they call apus, and revere as deities.
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Such an extraordinary event is interpreted as a favorable sign from the apus, and Nazario's life changed.
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Apus, for instance, is a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere that was created in the 17th century.
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A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans
Type genus
Apus is a faint constellation in the southern sky, first defined in the late sixteenth century. Its name means "no feet" in Greek, and it represents a bird-of-paradise (which were once believed to lack feet). ...
APUS stands for "Amiga Power Up System", and describes a computer comprising an Amiga computer with a Phase5 PowerUP PowerPC accelerator board.
The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.
(Apu (Apu Trilogy)) The Apu Trilogy is a trilogy consisting of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). ...
(Apu (god)) In the religion and mythology of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, apus are the spirits of the mountains that protect the local people in the highlands. The term dates back to the Inca Empire.
(Apu (magazine)) Apu (Finnish for "help") is a Finnish weekly family magazine. It was founded in 1933 by Finnish publisher A-lehdet. , its current editor-in-chief is Matti Saari. In 2007, it had a certified readership of 683000 and a circulation of 215525 copies. ...
(Apu (The Simpsons)) Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Ph.D. is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the episode "The Telltale Head". ...