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The pilgrimage to the sanctuary of mr. ccoylloritti takes place every year in the month of june, an andean-religious festival that is a manifestation of the living ancestral culture of the peoples of tahuantinsuyo and the andes mountain range and the department of cusco. this festival of religious syncretism has as its background the integration of man with nature. the inhabitants of this place are devotees of taytacha qoyllur rit’i (the lord of the shining snow). this is an ancient religious custom practiced only by the inhabitants of the andes. every year, a few days before the celebration of corpus christi, each small town or clan sends a delegation of colorful dancers and “pabluchas” to the chapel of the lord of qoyllur ritty, this ritual associated with the fertility of the land and the cult of the apus (hills, tutelary gods), is part of one of the largest indigenous nation festivals in america. the main ceremony takes place at the foot of the snowy ausangate, the ritual consists of a pilgrimage of shepherds, merchants and curious people who meet at the sinakara sanctuary in the town of mawayany, 4,600 meters above sea level.








