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Peru: Citizens Welcome Last Phase Of The 2012 Dakar Rally
globalvoicesonline.org 4 weeks, 1 day agoOn Sunday, January 15, Peru's capital city, Lima, and its residents were all abuzz about the 2012 Dakar Rally. That day, the world-renowned rally was coming to an end with just a short, 29 km [18 miles] final stage remaining between Pisco and Lima. During the previous days, Peruvian media outlets covered the event, giving the audience input on what had happened on the early stages and some background. For example, Peruvian news agency Andina posted on its website: The Dakar Rally is being held for the fourt
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Peru: Cápac Raymi, The Andean Christmas
globalvoicesonline.org 4 weeks, 1 day 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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