Back in December, msnbc.com published a photo story on Qoyllur Rit’i and global warming, with photos by El Fotógrafo and captions by yours truly.
I neglected to provide the link to that slide show, which includes some of EF’s strongest images of the dangerous (and endangered) glacier pilgrimage, so here it is, belatedly: “Peru’s Disappearing Holy Glacier.”
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“All Hail the Glacier Gods”: El Fotografo’s MSNBC Pix of Qoyllur Rit’i
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Festivals, Sacred Rituals, Religion
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Photo of the Day: Ausangate Mountain Range
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Peru's Andes Mountains
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Preparing to Visit Apu Ausangate
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Peru's Andes Mountains
The local Quechua-speaking people consider Ausangate the mightiest apu or mountain lord of the region. Like all apus, Ausangate has a gender (male) and a personality (powerful, easily offended). Local customs dictate that we pay our respects to the apu prior to beginning our trek, to ensure a successful journey.
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Dancing for a Dying Glacier
May 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Art, Film, Music & Dance, Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Festivals, Sacred Rituals, Religion, Peru's Andes Mountains
Just back from the annual pilgrimage of Qoyllur Rit’i, which takes place just below a 17,000-foot-high glacier (actually, three glacial tongues) in the southern Andes, about 80 miles south of Cusco. Since pre-Inca times, Qolqepunku Glacier has been revered as a sacred site associated with nearby Mount Ausangate, the tallest mountain in the region, considered by [...]
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