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]

Other uses of the expression

Pachamama Raymi also refers to a methodology to generate widespread prosperity in areas of extreme poverty. The methodology was developed since 1988 in Cusco, Peru.[4]

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.
  4. "Pachamama Raymi Forestry and sustainable development on a large scale". Pachamama Raymi. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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