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Peru: Cápac Raymi, The Andean Christmas
globalvoicesonline.org 4 weeks 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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Congress Revisiting Bruising Payroll Tax Cut Fight
ap.org 3 weeks, 5 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) -- With television lights glaring, 20 lawmakers will gather next week to revisit the fight that consumed Congress before Christmas over renewing a Social Security payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits









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