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I End up Doing the Whipping Dance

June 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Festivals, Sacred Rituals, Religion

Doing the Yawar Mayu dance with a dancer from Cusco El Fotografo and I were making friend with our camping neighbors — a comparsa from Cusco — at the Qoyllur Rit’i pilgrimage last weekend, when suddenly one of the young dancers snatched me by the arm. “Come on, dance,” she said. No, I said, several times [...]

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