La Paz, Dec 21 (EFE).- An ancestral ritual with offerings to Pachamama or Mother Earth and the 'illas', the Andean deities that bring prosperity, were part of Thursday’s celebrations marking the change in the Bolivian agricultural cycle, starting with the southern summer solstice. An aymara p
La Paz, Dec 21 (EFE).- An ancestral ritual with offerings to Pachamama or Mother Earth and the ‘illas’, the Andean deities that bring prosperity, were part of Thursday’s celebrations marking the change in the Bolivian agricultural cycle, starting with the southern summer solstice. The event is also a preamble to the Alasitas heritage festival that …
Tiahuanaco, Bolivia, Jun 21 (EFE).- Bolivian authorities celebrated the arrival of the Andean Year 5531 with raised arms at sunrise on Wednesday with traditional dances and ancestral rituals expressing thanks to Pachamama, or Mother Earth. The celebration is also known as the festival of the return of the sun, “Willkakuti” in the Aymara language and …
Bolivia has marked the 5,531st Andean and Amazonian New Year with traditional Aymara and Guarani ceremonies at principal archaeological sites across the Altiplano and the country's east, symbolizing its indigenous heritage, according to Bolivian President Luis Arce.
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