very June 24, the Sun God is the protagonist of one of the most important and traditional festivities celebrated in Peru: The Inti Raymi or “Sun Festival”. During this date, thousands of national and foreign tourists walk the streets of the historic center of Cusco and congregate on the esplanades of its main sites to experience a special day of cultural activities whose purpose is to revalue the Inca legacy.

There are more than 800 people, including actors, dancers, and musicians who – dressed in typical clothing – star in a series of scenes that include dances, performances and praises performed outside the temple of Qorikancha and the Sacsayhuamán Archaeological Park, as well as in the Main Square of the city.

Pachamanca (in classical Quechua: Pachamanka or Ancashino Quechua: Patsamanka) refers to a traditional way of preparing food and a typical dish of Peruvian gastronomy, prepared by cooking, in the heat of preheated stones, beef, pork , chicken and guinea pig previously seasoned with ingredients such as chincho, huacatay, chili and other spices, along with additional indigenous Andean products, such as potatoes, sweet potato, corn, broad bean pods and, eventually, cassava. Beyond a meal or an agape, it is a communit

y ritual in the Andes and in the cities.1​2​ The term “pachamanca” comes from the Quechua words pacha, “earth” and manka, “pot”; so its meaning would be “pot of earth”;2​ but it should be noted that in the Aymara language the term manca or mankha means “food” so an alternative meaning is also “food from the earth.”1​ Currently this dish is also prepared in a pot and in that case it is called “pachamanca a la pot.”2​ anca (in classical Quechua: Pachamanka or Ancashino Quechua: Patsamanka) refers to a traditional way of preparing food and a typical dish of Peruvian gastronomy, prepared by cooking, in the heat of preheated stones, beef, pork , chicken and guinea pig previously seasoned with ingredients such as chincho, huacatay, chili and other spices, along with additional indigenous Andean products, such as potatoes, sweet potato, corn, broad bean pods and, eventually, cassava. Beyond a meal or an agape, it is a communit