Pachamama Raymi (Quechua language Pachamama Mother Earth, raymi festival,[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] "Mother Earth feast") is a ceremony held annually on August 1 in Ecuador and Peru.
Location
Ecuador
In Ecuador, the feast is celebrated in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province.
[ zamora-chinchipe.gob.ec "Zamora-Chinchipe presenta su fiesta de Pachamama Raymi en Cuenca" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 15, 2014]
Peru
In Peru it takes place in the
Ccatca District of the
Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, on August 1.
Other uses of the expression
Pachamama Raymi also refers to a methodology to generate widespread prosperity in areas of extreme poverty. The methodology was developed since 1988 in Cusco, Peru.
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