Today, Saturday the 11th, the central day of the traditional Ak’shu Tatay began in the south of Huancayo, Sapallanga district, where hundreds of people gathered. Ak’shu Tatay is an agricultural custom of potato re-cultivation where all the residents participate to ensure the good growth of the potato and fertility of the land.
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With an orchestra and dancing, the inhabitants of various neighborhoods of the Sapallanga district arrived at their agricultural lands to carry out the traditional potato recultivation. The women carried flowers, plants, pots and other kitchen utensils with them in their blankets, while the men carried agricultural tools such as picks and lamps.
chacchatay
Before carrying out the recultivation work, the inhabitants carried out the “Chacchatay”, an act in which they distributed coca, chicha de jora and cane so that the workers gain strength to carry out the recultivation.
Payment to the pachamama and the Ak’shu Tatay
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Prior to the Ak’shu Tatay, they asked the earth for permission with prayers and poured out liquor as an act of payment, an ancient ritual that cannot be missing on this festivity.
Once the payment to the Pachamama was made, the men began with the works and the women danced around. According to Mrs. Gladis, a neighbor of the downtown La Punta neighborhood who has danced the Ak’shu Tatay for 10 years, the woman encourages the man while they work, in addition to this way the man woos the woman showing his strength, on the other hand she also mentioned that they bring flowers, nettle, coca and food for the activities that will be carried out after the agricultural work.
Celebration, carnival and falling in love
After the field work, for the first time the parade of the Ak’shu Tatay was developed in the streets of Sapallanga as a programmed activity by the municipality, thus giving way to the celebration and carnivals. With orchestra, serpentine, talc and nettle the participants danced and played as part of the wanka tradition, it is through this that young people fall in love.
