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28 rural Indigenous communities gather each year to celebrate the Summer Solstice. San Juan or Inti Raymi has been celebrated for millennium by the Andean people. Music, dancing and local food dominate the lives of the campesino for three weeks! |
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The Inti Raymi Celebrations in Otavalo |
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Celebrations in Otavalo |
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The celebrations of San Juan, or Inti Raymi, as the Ancients called it, are the most important of the Andean Indigenous Culture. This slide show is a collection of digital shots I took two years ago in the paramo village of Ayupalla, about 15 kilometers from Otavalo. |
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Images of Inti Raymi in Otavalo |
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Even the kids get involved with the celebrations as seen in this short clip taken a few kilometers from Otavalo. The Indigenous community is consciously reinforcing the positive aspects of the celebrations and it is obvious that all are enjoying themselves. |
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Another slide show of photos taken a few years ago of an Indigenous gathering of 28 communities to celebrate Inti Raymi, organized by Urcinqui, a federation of those 28 communities. These gatherings have taken place for many, many centuries. |
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An Inti Raymi video shot at the Capilla of San Juan some time ago! The crowds have grown over the last few years! The high energy of the San Juaneros is exhilarating! Hundreds of groups gather and dance until they reach a state of euphoria…... |
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This video goes way, way back, 20 years way back, for a campesino San Juan/ Baptism fiesta that we attended as Padrinos. A stand and shoot home movie, we all had a lot of fun and I captured some great moments. Some quite graphic drunkenness resulted for all! |
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An anciano plays the harp and chants during the Inti Raymi gathering at the San Juan church and ceremonial site. In ancient times, each community sent representatives to the fiestas to dance and to pay homage. The tradition continues today. |
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Images of Inti Raymi, Kids dancing San Juan |
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Images of Inti Raymi in Otavalo |
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Dancing at the Capilla of San Juan |
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Images of Inti Raymi 20 years ago |
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Images of Inti Raymi |
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The Inti Raymi Celebrations of the Summer Solstice are the most important in the Indigenous Andes and Otavalo is no exception! This Video of the 2005 celebrations has been selling briskly all over town. We'll be seeing much of the "San Juan" fests this month. |
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The Month of Inti Raymi |
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The Fiestas of San Juan |
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Celebration of the Summer Solstice is Otavalo's most spectacular fiesta and a tradition throughout the Andean mountain region! Villagers from miles away gather for three days and nights to dance and drink at the capilla of San Juan, an ancient site! |
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It has been a very busy month for me so I have not had time to document the festivities of San Juan or much else. These videos are made by D.J., Otavalos' most proliferate video maker! I purchased his DVDs from the DVD pirates in the market. |
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San Juan 2009 |
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The celebrations of San Juan, or Inti Raymi, as the Ancients called it, are the most important of the Andean Indigenous Culture. This slide show is a collection of digital shots I took two years ago in the paramo village of Ayupalla, about 15 kilometers from Otavalo. |
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Images of Inti Raymi in Otavalo |
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