Inti Raymi (the sun festival) is an Incan tradition that’s celebrated by Andean people all over the continent, though its roots are in Peru.
All around the world, solstices have spiritual and religious significance, and things are no different in South America. Inti Raymi (the sun festival) is an Incan tradition that’s celebrated by Andean people all over the continent, though its roots are in Peru. The Spanish outlawed the festival in the 1500s, but it was reinstituted in 1944, and the biggest celebrations take place in the Incan capital of Cusco.