"Luchando contra el terrorismo desde 1492" - painting by Hugo Franco
SUSTAINING CULTURE Working together for the protection, promotion and diffusion of Andean Culture.
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Reactivation of the practice and celebration of the Agrarian Inca calendar. Agrarian Calendar:
Machu Qhaswa November December -
Traditional ancestral dance to awaken the primal beings and call for rain. Tradition in the beginning of the rainy season.
Kapac Raymi December 21 Summer Solstice -
Time to celebrate the sun in its most potent point. Receive strength from the sun.
Pukllay February Fertility celebration -
Couples dance four days celebrating and honoring fertility and abundance for all beings in Pacha: plants animals and humans.
Equinox March 21 -
Celebration of the sun in the middle of its path.
Harvest Time May June -
Celebrations for harvesting.
Southern Cross May 3 -
Time to honor the Southern Cross while in its zenith.
Coylloriti Ice Star May or June -
Pilgrimage to the sacred source of water, the glaciers, and the sacred meteor.
Inti Raymi Junio 21 Winter Solstice -
Honor the sun in its lowest point, offer the sun strength in reciprocity.
Reciprocity Offerings August -
Time to make offerings to the Pacha before planting. Reciprocity with Pachamama.
Equinox September 21 -
Celebration of sun in the middle of its path.
Planting Time September Tinku -
Celebration before putting the seeds into the soil.
It is through the practice of the agrarian calendar that we comprehend the traditional knowledge based on human integration with the natural cosmic cycles; and through that a profound understanding of life in balance.
The Andean ancestral culture as universal human heritage needs to be rescued, practiced and preserved. Modernization exacerbated by the current, rampant process of economic globalization whose standardizations and ethnocentric conceptions of development threaten the cultural diversity of the planet. Traditional societies as the Andean communities suffer the direct or indirect impact in their ancestral approach of life. Our methods include Interviews, field recording, participation in celebrations following the agrarian ritual calendar.
