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Culture
Inti Raymi and the Solstice
During the time of the Inca, the approach of the winter solstice was a time to gather the llamas to…
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Celebration
A Pause for a Sacred Fire Ceremony at Solstice
This week Cusco filled with brightly colored costumes, street vendors, wayno music and the explosion of fireworks. It culminates today…
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Commentary
Happy Andean New Year, a Cultural Quest
Happy New Year. What, you say. That is in January but increasingly throughout the Andes today is celebrated as the Andean…
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Commentary
Family, Friends, and Joy: New Years in the Andes or Far Away
Happy New Years from the Inca and from Us (Walter Coraza Morveli) The old is laid to bed and the…
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Customs
Baked Potatoes (Huatia) Enliven Inti Raymi
The twenty-fourth of June arrived, the day in which we celebrate Inti Raymi on the esplanade of Saqsayhuaman. Every year…
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Customs
The Solstice, Andean New Year
The sun is at its weakest and the days the shortest. It is the winter solstice here in the Southern…
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Food & Drinks
Cuzco’s Festival Food for the Solstice
Cold and abundant. That is chiriuchu, the dish that is served beginning today and for the next week in Cuzco…
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