In the Inca empire, there was a division of elite chasqui. This division was known by the name of Antarquis. According to the legend the Antarqui was a chasqui with the peculiarity that could travel from hill to hill gliding through the air thanks to a rudimentary parapente made with fabrics of cotton, wool, or alpaca. The existence of these messengers could never be verified.
Legend has it that in Lake TitiCaca (product of a ray of the moon (Quilla) reflected on the lake, a child was born, it was called Antarqui (Aimara). He was able to swim without drowning and went out to the shore, then built with his hands a raft of totora and traveled from shore to shore all over the lake, Antarqui saw the peaks and climbed to reach the top, there wove a poncho with the colors of the flag of the Tawantinsuyo and wanted to reach a star and it launched from above and it flew until the stars where it continues flying to pleasure. : César Moreno Ballón / Scouts of Peru / Organization Antarqui .. the child who can Fly ....
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