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Photo of the Day: Masked Sheep’s Head Dancer, Qoyllur Rit’i Pilgrimage 2006

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Festivals, Sacred Rituals, Religion

Masked dancer at Qoyllur Rit'i festival, Peru, 2006; <br>photo by Jorge Vera
Masked dancer at Qoyllur Rit’i festival, Peru, 2006

 El Fotografo spied this guy at the 2006 pilgrimage. He embodies the fertility cult that underpins the festival’s Catholic traditions, which have been sycretized with older, Andean rituals.

I find this image rather terrifying, for some reason.

We looked again for the Sheep’s Head Dancer this past May but didn’t see hide nor hair of him, as they say.

—Barbara R. Drake

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