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  • Men go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
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  • Men with flags and traditional wool clothing from Paucartambo village go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
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  • Luego de terminar un día de trabajo, un minero camina a la salida de un socavón utilizado para extraer fragmentos de roca con oro de la mina en Rinconada, debajo de un glaciar en los Andes peruanos.<br />
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After to finish a workday, a miner walk by a path used to extract rock fragments with gold from the tunnels of the mine in Rinconada, under a glacier in Peruvian Andes.
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  • A woman drinks water from a piece of ice of thawing of the mountain glacier Sinaqara during the celebration that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A man holds a flag for identify to the people from his village between thousands of pilgrims in the valley during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims take a break while one of them touches the quena after attending the festival that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims and dancers prepare to perform a ritual at sunrise to receive the first rays of the sun during the festivity that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Dancer with traditional clothes and mask (waq'ollo) during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A miners group struggles to drag big pieces of machinery by kilometers that will use to separate gold from the rocks in the mine of Rinconada.
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  • The music bands plays for the dancers days and nights during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims return from the sanctuary in the afternoon after praying to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, which takes place every year in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Local photographers mount a big background with images of tigers, macaws and waterfalls to take photos to the pilgrims in the way to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i sanctuary Cusco, Peru.
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  • Two women prepare te meal inside they house in Mahuayani, Mahuayani is the last town before the 8-kilometer walk to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i sanctuary in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Garbage everywhere in Rinconada.
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  • A woman and a child lights candles at night next to a banner that identifies his comparsa during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Women clean potatoes to prepare food for a group of pilgrims, in the backgroud, hundreds of tents that pilgrims place to stay for 3 or 4 days in the valley of the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i , a festival that takes place every year in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Traditional dancers dance day and night in front of a small chapel during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in the background the Qullqipunku mountain in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Main ceremony during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow in Quechua), In this celebration you can observe the syncretism between the Andean beliefs and the Catholic religion, in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Portrait of a dancer at dusk during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Musicians play flutes of cane with drum and cymbals during their pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Qoyllur Rit'i in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Mahuayani, where the 8-kilometer hike begins to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) sanctuary in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Dancers from different villages of the Andes during the festivity of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A girl carries a baby on her back during the festivity of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, in tents merchants sell food to the pilgrims in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Men with a group of horses that are used to carry merchandise to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Dancer with traditional clothes and a hat hand embroidery during celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A woman with her son in her arms observes the procession of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims walk during of 8 kilometres to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) at the top of the mountain they pray to the Apus (mountains) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Un joven sube a la cima de un glaciar para colocar una manguera para llevar agua del deshielo a la mina en Rinconada. En Rinconada no hay agua potable, la única forma de obtener agua es por deshielo del glaciar.<br />
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A young man goes to the top of a glacier to place a hose for bringing melt water to the mine in Rinconada. In Rinconada there is no drinking water, the only way to get water is with the melting of the glaciers.
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  • Houses are built with zinc sheets beside the mountains where a gold mine is located. City of Rinconada is located at 5400 meters above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. People have set up a system of hoses to take water from the glacier at top of the mountain.
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