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It is very typical of cultures around the world, to establish iconic dates that mark a before and after, in their passage through this land. They are dates to stop for a moment, look around and reflect on all the blessings received. That is Thanksgiving for Americans....
As you may know, every year between March 19th to the 21st the Equinox passes, the distance and inclination between the Sun and the Earth returns the day to its time equivalent to the night. Both the Equinoxes and the Solstices marked the agricultural, religious and...
Carnivals are all over the world and of all colors ... The Andes could not be the exception. After the Spanish conquest, not only Catholic traditions were transmitted but also some pagan ones such as summer carnivals, which when arrived in South America adapted to the...
As we know in the colonial era, the Catholic faith was introduced, however, few religious figures had as much impact as the Virgin of the Candelaria because for the Andean cosmovision this is strongly associated to the Pachamama or mother earth, her figure is an evocation to fertility and purity.