Many families in the Andean highlands of Peru keep the ancient tradition of offering ceremonies. One of them is the offering ceremony for Pachamama, which means Mother Earth and it's normally held in August. Through the offering ceremony Andean people “pay” to Mother Earth for everything she gave them. In…
The Inti Raymi is a traditional festival of the Incas. The ceremony is held on the shortest day of the year, June 24th, as a celebration of the winter solstice and the new year. Inti Raymi was the most important ceremony of the Inca Empire. During the Inca times, it…
Today, in Peru there is the second round of presidential elections. Peruvians are choosing between far-left teacher Pedro Castillo and right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori. Even though on Sundays is still an immobilization, the city of Cusco was full of cars and people coming from their homes to polling places. It…