Wind
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Customs
The Wind Makes Your Head Hurt and Twists your Face
In the Peruvian Andes, from ancient time to today, our various gods, such as the sun, water, air, fire, lightning,…
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Flames Race through Fields in August
As you leave the city of Cusco in almost any direction during this month of August you will see people…
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August Brings Its Fun and Charm
August has claimed us. One the month’s first day, Cusco carried out a ceremony in honor of the Pachamama (Earth…
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August, the Month of Winds
It all begins with the Day of the Pachamama, when offering are given to the earth to calm its thirst.…
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Traditional Remedies
Rue Cleans away Bad Energy and the Effects of Wind
Medical healing has great value healing in the Imperial City, since we have a great variety of medicinal plants and…
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Customs
Wayra,The Trickster Wind, Blows These Days
Every afternoon the wind kicks up during August in Cuzco. The skies shine a bright blue and the sun is…
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Commentary
Earth and Dirt Tangle Meaning
Everywhere you look in Cuzco, you see the colors of the landscape: the white of clouds and the blue of…
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Food & Drinks
Yellow Traces Fortune Today: Two Thoughts
Two posts on the first of August and yellow mistura (confetti.
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Literature
Wind and Flute Wail in Nieto’s Poem
Luís Nieto Miranda, the great poet of Cuzco, grasped the Andean landscape and people's interactions with it in this poem,…
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