Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i

Overview

The Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i combines elements from Catholicism and worship of pre-Hispanic nature deities. It begins fifty-eight days after the Christian celebration of Easter Sunday, when 90,000 people from around Cusco travel to the sanctuary, located in Sinakara hollow. Pilgrims are divided into eight ‘nations’ corresponding to their villages of origin: Paucartambo, Quispicanchi, Canchis, Acomayo, Paruro, Tawantinsuyo, Anta and Urubamba. The pilgrimage includes processions of crosses up and down the snow-capped mountain and a twenty-four hour procession, during which the Paucartambo and Quispicanchi nations carry images of the Lord of Tayancani and the Grieving Virgin to the village of Tayancani to greet the first rays of sunlight. Dance plays a central part in the pilgrimage: a hundred different dances are performed representing the different...

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Communities: Peru
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Peru
Countries: Peru

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Music, Performance and Oral Literature Material Culture, Design and Technology Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

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ich_public_ref567

inscription_year2011

title_enPilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i

title_frLe pèlerinage au sanctuaire du seigneur de Qoyllurit’i

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

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http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00567

concepts_primary_namesDance, Pilgrimages, Procession

concepts_secondary_namesAnimism, Catholicism, Costumes, Masks, Percussion instruments, Religious syncretism, Sacred sites, Sculpture, Textile arts, Tribes, Woodwind instruments

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main_image_caption_enPilgrimage station

main_image_copyrightNational Institute of Culture, 2004

main_image_authorCristhian Hidalgo

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/KT7OwTol9RQ

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