Editing Rainbow flag (section)

===Andean indigenism (1973, 2009)===
{{Main article|Flag of Cusco|Wiphala}}
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The [[Flag of Cusco]] was introduced in Peru in 1973, and became used as the official emblem of the city of [[Cusco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Conoce la historia y significado de la bandera del Cusco |url=https://www.peru.travel/es/masperu/conoce-la-historia-y-significado-de-la-bandera-del-cusco |website=Peru.travel |date=6 December 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Do you know the history and significance of the flag of Cusco |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129204000/https://www.peru.travel/es/masperu/conoce-la-historia-y-significado-de-la-bandera-del-cusco |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2007, the [[Provincial Municipality of Cusco|municipality]] decided to modify the flag design so that it would not be confused with the Gay Pride flag.<ref>{{cite news |title=La ciudad de Cuzco cambia su bandera debido a la semejanza con la insignia gay |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/sociedad/2007/10/16/ciudad-cuzco-cambia-bandera-debido-semejanza-insignia-gay/00031192542943444661624.htm |work=[[La Voz de Galicia]] |date=16 October 2007 |access-date=29 January 2022 |language=Spanish |quote=The city of Cuzco changes its flag because of the similarity with the gay symbol |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129204401/https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/sociedad/2007/10/16/ciudad-cuzco-cambia-bandera-debido-semejanza-insignia-gay/00031192542943444661624.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The new flag design was implemented in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cusco aprueba ordenanza que incluye el Sol de Echenique en su estandarte oficial |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-cusco-aprueba-ordenanza-incluye-sol-echenique-su-estandarte-oficial-847945.aspx |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]] |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Cusco approves ordinance that includes the Sun of Echenique crest in its official banner |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211332/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-cusco-aprueba-ordenanza-incluye-sol-echenique-su-estandarte-oficial-847945.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> In Ecuador, a rainbow emblem is used by the ''[[Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country|Pachakutik]]'' political party (1995), which is composed mostly of left-wing indigenous people.

A seven-striped rainbow flag design is used in [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Ecuador]] as a symbol of native ethnic groups and culture, and is anachronistically associated with the [[Inca Empire|Tawantin Suyu]], or Inca territory.<ref name=Fotw-IncaEmpire>{{Cite web |title=Flags of the Inca Empire (and of western South America): Tawantin Suyu |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/xi.html |website=[[Flags of the World (website)|Flags of the World]] |date=November 17, 2017 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808165945/https://www.fotw.info/flags/xi.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  Although commonly believed in Peru to be a flag of the [[Incan Empire]], the oldest known rainbow flag dates back only to the 18th century and was used by [[Túpac Amaru II]] during [[Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II|his indigenous revolt against the Spanish]].<ref name=Fotw-IncaEmpire />  [[María Rostworowski]], a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications about Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire, said about this: "I bet my life, the Inca never had that flag, it never existed, no chronicler mentioned it".<ref>{{cite web|title=¿Bandera gay o del Tahuantinsuyo? |url=http://vidayestilo.terra.com.pe/bandera-gay-o-del-tahuantinsuyo,df4c7c1c09e4e210VgnVCM4000009bf154d0RCRD.html |website=Terra.com |date=19 April 2010 |trans-title=Gay flag or Tahuantinsuyo flag? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127221514/http://vidayestilo.terra.com.pe/bandera-gay-o-del-tahuantinsuyo,df4c7c1c09e4e210VgnVCM4000009bf154d0RCRD.html |archive-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref> The National Academy of Peruvian History has stated on the topic: "The official use of the wrongly called 'Tawantinsuyu flag' is a mistake. In the pre-Hispanic Andean world the concept of flags did not exist, it did not belong to their historic context".<ref>{{cite web |title=Participación Ciudadana – Boletín Nº 59 |url=https://www4.congreso.gob.pe/participa/documentos/boletin23062004.pdf |publisher=Congreso de la República |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813085436/https://www4.congreso.gob.pe/participa/documentos/boletin23062004.pdf |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |date=23 June 2004 |quote=El uso oficial de la mal llamada bandera del Tahuantinsuyo es indebido y equívoco. En el mundo pre-hispánico andino no se vivió el concepto de bandera, que no corresponde a su contexto histórico.}}</ref>