With a traditional pagopu ceremony held on the Cruz Pata hill, over 3900 meters above sea level, hundreds received the “Andean New Year”.
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From the early hours of the morning, young people from the National University of Huancavelica, the Pedagogical Institute, the Ministry of Culture and other institutions went up to the apu, where they waited for the first rays of the sun, which are from the winter solstice.
“It is an act of reciprocity with mother earth in relation to solar energy, it is a reciprocity, an offering to Pacha Mama,” said Roberto Flores, a professor at the UNH.
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He added: “We are going to receive the first rays of the sun, to receive that biomagnetic energy, that photogenic energy, that solar energy, to transport and harmonize our body, nature and cosmos.”
To receive said solar rays, all those present raised their hands and with a prayer offered by Roberto Flores, sought to receive the first rays of the sun on this winter solstice, a date that the Andean calendar marks as a new year.
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In the same way, on the table where they offered offerings to Pacha Mama, they placed fruits, such as apples, bananas, tangerines, chicha de jora, grapes, among others.
