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Read MoreWelcome to Inti Raymi: the feast of San Juan (1/3)
Shortly after midday. Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, 2418 meters above sea level, 104 km. northeast of Quito. It’s June 24, 2010. The...
Read MoreWelcome to Inti Raymi: the feast of San Juan (2/3)
PURIFICATION NIGHT The team working on this report spent the night before the taking of the square with a group of men from Morochos, an...
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DANCING TO THE SQUARE Once the purification on the eve of San Juan has been completed, what follows is the collective march to take the...
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