Honoring Inti, the Incan god of the sun, the events have been taking place since the mid-1400s, save some years it was outlawed by Spanish occupiers.
Inti Raymi is also known as the “Sun Festival.” It’s a 500-year-old religious ceremony hailing from the highpoint of the Incan Empire and is an absolute extravaganza of costumes, flowers, prayers, and dancing. Honoring Inti, the Incan god of the sun, the events have been taking place since the mid-1400s, save some years it was outlawed by Spanish occupiers. It’s one of the largest festivals in Peru, and hundreds of thousands of visitors will descend on Cusco to celebrate.