Pachamama Raymi

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Pachamama Raymi (Quechua Pachamama Mother Earth, raymi feast,[1] "Mother Earth feast") is a ceremony held annually on August 1 in Ecuador and Peru.

Location

Ecuador

In Ecuador, the feast is celebrated in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province.[2]

Peru

In Peru it takes place in the Ccatca District of the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, on August 1.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ^ zamora-chinchipe.gob.ec "Zamora-Chinchipe presenta su fiesta de Pachamama Raymi en Cuenca" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 15, 2014
  3. ^ "FIESTA DEL PACHAMAMA RAYMI". mincetur. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.