SUMMER SOLSTICE BY RUBEN ORELLANA

INTI RAYMI:  CELEBRATION OF THE SUN
By Curandero Ruben Orellana
June-2020

In the language of the Incas "Quechua" means the Celebration of the Sun, this celebration was held when the short days came that now according to science is called the winter solstice and that does not always coincide with June 21st in the Gregorian calendar, this year begins on June 20th.

In the evolutionary process of the different civilizations that developed in the Andes (much of the South American Continent) it is seen that they gave much importance to these cycles of the winter solstice and the summer solstice, in other words, the short days and the long days, proof of this is the great evidence of archaeological sites that come from the pre-ceramic, (+/- 7,000 years) as is the case of the petroglyphs of Yonán - Cajamarthe petroglyphs of Calango - Lima.