Offering to the Pacha Mama 1 Day

These offerings are made during the month of August, thus being the first day of this month it begins this important ceremony Andean belief. This ceremony offerings, which are commonly known as payments to Earth or Pachamama by the Andean population are ancestral rituals that are part of a system of reciprocity between the material world and the spiritual world.

This ritual is intended to return to Mother Earth what has given you and what we can aspire to our deepest desires about life and what we want for our loved ones. Ceremony held on the first day of the month of August the same way throughout the month.

These ceremonies to the Pachamama are basically two types, in homes in which they make offerings individuals and the summit or mountains they make offerings community where priests Andean perform ancestral ceremonies to the Pachamama sate your hunger and give them blessings.

Itinerary

Day 1
Cusco – Chinchero

The ceremony or ritual Pachamama is known in the Andean world as’ tribute or despacho” to the ground, a hole in the earth where Andean products will also drink chicha, beer, liquor, red wine is made, holy water, coca leaves (Andean sacred plant, a mediator with the spirits), and different things, money, coins, amulets, colored stones, food (bread, cookies, fruit). The hole itself represents a form of altar and a “WACA” both a sacred place, a ‘paqarina “a symbolic womb” of the earth.

We will go to a sacred place near Cusco, our city is surrounded by hills sacred that are highly regarded by citizens as when we get to the place the translator will give a brief explanation and the shaman or Andean priest will begin with the Andean ceremony.

ON FIRE

The Sacred Fire allows the ashes of the earth to rise to the mountains and reach the sky. You can be placed wood, lignum, branches of laurel, rosemary, olive, eucalyptus or snuff.

ACTIVATE THE AIR

Through the mediator fire. Light the incense, thanks to odors sensitizes the earth remembering its wonders. Participants can smoke first and then give up smoking to earth (this is part of the ritual). Cigars are usually unfiltered. The snuff ash must be kept to observe their characteristics, then serve to paint the face of each participant.

ON THE WATER

Sprinkle some drinks on earth. Chicha (corn liquor), beer or “aguardiente” then each must provide to the earth. She lives and feel like us and we toast her.

ON EARTH

Now masticaremos without swallowing ( “chaqchar”) some coca leaves and meanwhile wait your turn to make offerings to the earth. The offerings are started one by one or in twos and knees in front of the pit began delivering what we have previously ofrendado. At this point the participant may make some pleglaria, order, singing, prayer ( “silence or empty is very well appreciated for her”) to the Pachamama, as their creed or religion. These offerings must be made with both hands. It begins with the coca leaf and had it blessed water. After meals, sweets and other offerings. This moment is relevant to our requests for this new year, they must be previously written in colored papers and be released into the small fire to the inside of the hole. At the end of this event the participant must make the final toast with chicha corn Pachamama. Must pay attention to the signals sends us the Pachamama.

Include

• Transport
• Translator
• 1 shaman
• Offering
• Land payment ceremony

Not include

• Entrance ticket if necessary
• Drinks
• Tips
• Foods
• Other items not mentioned

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