Tales
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The secret of Chuta Bread in Cusco
The bread in the city of Cusco has an importance beyond being edible. It is an indispensable product in all…
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Pulling Hair, A Traditional Cure for Headache
A traditional technique used by our grandparents to cure intense headaches when pills and other medicines where not available or…
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The spirit that cares and protects Waqrapukara (Llamapukara)
Waqrapukara is an Inca construction in between canyons of flora and fauna that is very difficult to find and visualize.…
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Elves At Santuranticuy in Cusco
The word duende is a contraction of the old Castilian “duen de casa” which means the owner of a house,…
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El Niño Manuelito and Julián
A traditional story from the city of Cusco tells us about a shepherd boy named Julian. He spent all his…
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The Child Manuelito
During these days before Christmas, in our emblematic city of Cusco, something unique and traditional for Christmas Eve will take…
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The Mystery and the Magic of a Pilgrimage to Qoyllur Rit’i.
Everything began Friday afternoon when my friends, Walter, Adrian, Walter and I got together in Edwin’s house. On his terrace…
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Apparitions compared: Marianito and the Niño Jesus in Qoyllur Rit’i
The pilgrimage of Quoyllur Rit’i celebrates, in part, the appearance of the Christ Child to Mariano Mayta. This struck me…
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Pregnant Women and the Devil’s Cat
The Devil Cat (Hebert Huamani Jara) In Southern Peru, Department of Puno, in the zones of Pomata and Juli there…
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The Tale of a Pageant, Water, and an Impossible Love
At the feet of the mountains in the Sacred Valley, where the earth unites with the air and the inspiration…
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