Pachamama Raymi (
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
''Pachamama'' Mother Earth, ''raymi''
feast
A banquet (; ) is a formal large meal where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host, or reinforce social bonds among joint contributors. Modern examples of these purposes i ...
, "Mother Earth feast") is a ceremony held annually on August 1 in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
and
Peru
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.
Location
Ecuador
In Ecuador, the feast is celebrated in the
Zamora-Chinchipe Province
Zamora Chinchipe (), Province of Zamora Chinchipe is a province of the Republic
of Ecuador, located at the southeastern end of the Amazon Basin, which shares borders with the Ecuadorian provinces of Azuay and Morona Santiago to the north, Loja ...
.
zamora-chinchipe.gob.ec
"Zamora-Chinchipe presenta su fiesta de Pachamama Raymi en Cuenca" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 15, 2014
Peru
In Peru it takes place in the Ccatca District of the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province
Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The Quispicanchi Province is bounded to the north by the Paucartambo Province and the Madre de Dios Region, to the east by the ...
, on August 1.
See also
* Willka Raymi Willka Raymi (Quechua ''willka'' grandchild / great-grandson / lineage / minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God / holy, sacred, divine, ''willka'' or ''wilka'' ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (a tree), ''raymi ...
References
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Festivals in Ecuador
Festivals in Peru
Cusco Region
Zamora-Chinchipe Province
August observances