Known in Peru as "Inti Raymi", the ritual takes place inside the Incan complex of Sacsayhuaman, the Plaza de Armas and Koricancha. The festival is a celebration of the sun and opens with the grand ...

With an offering to Pachamama (Mother Earth), the ancestral Inca ceremony for the sun god is staged in Cusco before thousands of tourists for the first time after more than two... Already a Barron's ...

CUZCO, Peru (AP) — Long before electricity, ancient Incans relied on one sole energy source to power their daily lives: the sun. So each year when winter approached and the sun's daily jaunt across ...

Long ago, near the beginning of time, the Sun God, Inti, and his wife, the Moon Goddess, Mama Quilla, ruled over all. They were generous and loving gods. It was Mama Quilla, so the people say, who ...

June 24 is a very special date in many parts of the world, because in addition to being the longest day of the year, it coincides with the summer solstice (which is why it is the longest day of the ...

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