A Visit to the Sanctuary of Lord of Huanca

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at 11:12 am 
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A Friend Getting Cleansed with Candles in Huanca's Chapel of Candles

A Friend Getting Cleansed with Candles in Huanca’s Chapel of Candles

By Walter Coraza Morveli (translation by David Knowlton)

Two weeks ago my friends and I made a trip through the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The valley, as always, was stunning in its majesty, a deep cap in the heart of the mountains with a gleaming river below, the Wilcamayo (Holy River). The mountains seem like arms that reach around and sustain this important valley with its mild climate and filled with irrigated fields seeming like a mosaic of gems. Read the rest of this entry

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Today, Pilgrims from Cuzco Travel to the Lord of Huanca

Friday, September 14th, 2012 at 10:01 am 
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Church of the Lord of Huanca

Church of the Lord of Huanca

By Walter Coraza Morveli with the help of Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara (translation by David Knowlton).

With faith and devotion thousand’s of Cuzcos’ Catholics make the pilgrimage to the shrine of the Lord of Huanca to receive his blessing and commemorate his central day. Read the rest of this entry

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Thorns, Fish, and Beer: Two Realities

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at 5:35 am 
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Thorns above Cuzco

Thorns above Cuzco

By David Knowlton and Walter Coraza M.

Fires will burn on Cuzco’s hilltops Thursday night, after which many people will fast and eat traditional food, while others will go to the Cervecería Cuzqueña’s Beer Garden for a contemporary gastronomic festival featuring fish.   Two realities, one traditional with deep Inca and Catholic roots, and the other contemporary and promotional, will twine together two different strands of Cuzco’s divided wool as Holy Week continues.   Read the rest of this entry

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