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Peru: Cápac Raymi, The Andean Christmas
globalvoicesonline.org 3 weeks, 6 days agoBefore the introduction of nativity festivities to Peru, the Incas would hold celebrations around the same dates of modern day Christmas festivities. The celebration Cápac Inti Raymi Killa [es], which coincided with the winter solstice , was “a religious festival in honour of the Sun and took place towards the end of December. Together, the Incas made animal sacrifices, drank chicha de jora , chewed coca and danced. This festivity corresponded to the first month of the Incan calendar [es] and it was on this
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DUI Manslaughter Driver Sues Victim
abcnews.com 3 weeks, 4 days agoA man who had pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter stemming from a crash near Tampa, Fla., on Christmas Day 2007 now denies causing the crash that killed three of the four people in the vehicle he hit. David Belniak has sued the estate of Ray...















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