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Description
Qoyllority is a quechua word which means Snowstar or Shining Snow. The people
of this zone are also a stream of Taytacha Qoylloriti (The sir of the Replacement
Snow). This a old religious procession only practiced by the inhabitants of the
big Andes. Every year, days before the celebration of Corpus Christi, every small
village or clan send a delegation with colorful dancers and "pauluchas" to
the Capilla del Senor Qoylloriti. This is situated of the beginning of the mountain
Sinakara in the village of Mawayany, at 4600 meters above sea level.
Los pauluchas represented alpacas and are intermediares between the Sir Qoylloriti
and his men. Therefore the climb at 4 o'clock in the morning the gletzjer Sinikara
while they ask for a grow of their groups of animals. During the party the people
who partipated in the prosession praise our Fatima Lady to have good
luck in business, life and future. The end of the prosession takes place at the
ancient Inca capital of Cusco with the processions of Corpus Christi, streets
filled with people and squares with music and color.
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Itinerary
FIRST DAY:
SATURDAY 05: We depart at 08:00 P.M. and arrive at approximately 12.00 P.M
in Maguallani. There we have half an hour to sign up our team and we go to
Qoylloritti, which is situated at 292 km away from Cusco. We will walk in
the light of the moon in a procession together with more than 2000 pilgrims
devoted to Sr. De Qoylloritti. At around 3:00 A.M. we will arrive at our
campsite where we can relax and overnight.
SECOND DAY:
At 07:00 A.M we will have breakfast. Afterwards we will go to the church
to participate in the daily mass, which takes approximately half an hour.
Then we start our hike towards the holy mountain of Qoylloritti, where
we will observe all the ancient rites and customs that they even put
in practice at the altitude of 4, 800 meters above sea level. After that
we will have lunch and subsequently we continue our trek that goes up
and down for 4 hours in total. We arrive at the Feria, in which every
visitor participates. At 07:00 P.M. we will enjoy dinner and afterwards
we go to sleep.
THIRD DAY:
At 07:00 A.M again we can take our breakfast. Next, we will walk back to
Maguallani in approximately 2 hours. Here we will shortly visit this
place, have lunch and afterwards go back to Cusco by car, where we will
arrive at about 04:00 PM.
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Leaving:
5 JULY.
Transport:
BY BUS.
Length:
3 DAYS.
Price 2005:
US$ 130.00
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Bring With You
Warm clothes;
Sweather;
Jacket;
Tablets for purify water;
Good shoes for the snow;
Something for on your head;
Fotocamera;
Chocolates;
Sweats;
Flash light.
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Included
Roundtrip transport;
pack mules for the equipment;
bilingual guide;
cooks;
camping equipment;
tents and mattresses.
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Not Included
Sleeping bag.
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