(1 Aug 2025)
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La Paz, Bolivia – 1 August 2025
1. Man spreading coca leaves over a Jesus statue in their ceremony to honor earth, which they know as Pachamama
2. Wide of ceremony at La Cumbre hilltop, items burning and people spreading offerings
3. Spiritual leader known as the Yatiri filling a container with beer as part of his offering
4. Yatiri blessing the offering
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ángel Calisaya, faithful:
"We hope to have a good year, and to have a more humane president, instead of a inhumane one. Therefore we want to plea for jobs for everyone in Bolivia. That’s above all, that’s what we want. We want health and education for our children. This is what we asking for today."
6. Man spreading beer around offering sitting on stacked wood
7. People around burning wood
8. Carcass of a sacrificed llama calf on a fire pit
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alejandra Cornejo, faithful:
"We ask for health and work, education for those who are still in school and that we don’t lack anything, money and jobs mainly."
10. People raising their arms during prayer UPSOUND bells
11. Indigenous Cholita woman spraying Coca-Cola into the offering
12. Beverages arranged at the base of the offerings and shrine
13. People standing in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue
14. Men praying at the base of the statue
STORYLINE:
Dozens of faithful to the Andean tradition of worshiping nature and the earth made offerings at the La Cumbre sacred site on Friday, located on the outskirts of the Bolivian capital, La Paz.
According to popular belief, pilgrimages to sacred mountain sites and the act of receiving the first rays of sunlight are believed to bring renewed energy.
For ancient cultures and their descendants, the Solstice marks the start of the new agricultural calendar in communities along the foothills of the Andes.
August 1 marks a date in which the Pachamama "opens her mouth," an opportunity for her believers to feed her with the gains of the year and make pleas.
Sacrificing llamas, the camelids native to the region, is one of the main rituals.
It is known as "Wilancha", spilling blood, in which the dead animal should be burnt as part of the offering.
At this sacred site, Yatiris, or traditional spiritual guides, also offer rituals to clients.
AP Video shot by Carlos Guerrero
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