harvest
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Celebration
Happy Pachamama Day: May the awakening of the earth bring peace, love and prosperity During the month of August
The Festival or Paid (payment) is celebrated to celebrate the harvest and the fertility of the earth. In Andean customs and traditions…
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Customs
Working Together Makes Fields Flourish
In this season a lot of food is growing in Cusco’s provinces, especially in the district of Maras. There you…
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Food & Drinks
Abundance Comes to Cuzco These Days
Our fields are full to overflowing with the wonders of farming. The time of the harvest is approaching and soon,…
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Customs
Signs and Hopes for Abundance, Cuzco’s Taq’i
The taq’i, known as a blessing from the Pachamama, are much valued forms of potatoes and corn in which the…
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Ingredients
Peruvian Brazil Nuts and the Strange Way They are Harvested
On of the favorite nuts of Cuzco is the Brazil nut. It grows on a tree that can reach some…
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Food & Drinks
Growing Food and Culture in Cuzco
In Cuzco food still goes right from field to pot, although increasingly people rely on middlemen and markets in the…
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Corn, Squash, and Potatoes for the Saints on Holy Thursday
Ears of corn and freshly harvested potatoes were placed yesterday midday in the Temple of San Sebastian, a suburban and…
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