The feast of the sun shines all over the world! ☀️
The festival of the sun shines all over the world! ☀️
In time immemorial, the traces of the presence of man in the site of the current city go back, where the Great Inka Civilization arose, expanded and flourished magnificently; The capital was conceived in the form of a puma, a feline considered one of its tutelary deities. For this reason, Cusco is also known as the Puma City.
In a privileged place of the sacred capital, the Inka Pachakuteq ordered the construction of the Qorikancha, a lavish temple dedicated to reverence the Sun, a god that the Incas called Apu P`unchao or Apu Inti, in whose honor the imposing INTI festival was consecrated. RAYMI, which reaches outlines of solemnity and splendor, as described by the most important chroniclers.
