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Andean glaciers are melting, reshaping centuries-old Indigenous rituals Amanda Magnani © Photograph by Armando Vega “I remember that before you would see the face of a Pablito inside the snow peak and now I’m realizing that no one has seen that anymore in the last few years. It disappeared. And we asked ourselves, what happened? Sin, it was sin, they would say, and it wasn’t sin, it was global warming. Richart Aybar Quispe Soto, 49, Pablito of Quispicanchis nation At night, believers would use the reflection from the moon that cascaded atop snow-capped peaks as a guide to make their way up the sacred Colque Punku glacier. The tradition goes back centuries for pilgrims from various indigenous groups in the Andes who have made the journey through the Sinakara Valley in Peru during four days of religious festivities known as Qoyllur Rit’i, Quechuan for “the snow star.”

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