{"id":5384,"date":"2020-08-01T20:47:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T01:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:56:57","slug":"august-1st-pachamamas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/august-1st-pachamamas-day","title":{"rendered":"August 1st, Pachamama\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every August 1st, people from the region of the Andes of Peru commemorate <\/span><b>Pachamama\u2019s Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a tradition inherited through generations since Incas time or even way before that, since Pre-Inca times. The main objective of Pachamama\u2019s day is to celebrate the connection with mother earth, who thanks to its great kindness provides the natural resources that are essential to sustain life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many regions of Peru and especially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/es\/consejos-utiles-para-viajar-a-cusco\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><b>Cusco<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commemorates <\/span><b>Pachamama\u2019s Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> performing some rituals as payment to the earth. Our ancestors had a great respect for their deities such us Inti (sun), Killa (moon), Illapa (lightning), among others. All of them had a special day in which were celebrated with different rituals.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5380\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ofrendaa.webp\" alt=\"D\u00eda de la Pachamama\" width=\"865\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>Pachamama&#8217;s Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><b>What is August 1st special in different regions of Peru?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 1st is a special day since in different regions of Peru <\/span><b>Pachamama\u2019s day <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is celebrated. Why is that? This day is important for many people whose main source of income is thanks to what the earth provides them. They are dedicated to agricultural activities. It also interesting to point out that August is part of the dry season which makes the best time to visit Cusco and sightseeing the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In August, farmers start preparing the fields for the planting season. Although they work hard, they are thankful to the Pachamama and make offerings to ask for good harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3505230926454944\" data-ad-slot=\"3247790964\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Is Pachamama\u2019s day celebrated only by farmers?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actually not, people from the cities also perform some rituals as a payment to the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Ingredients for the payment to the earth:<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coca leaves<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fetus of an animal (preferably of an andean one)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lliclla (Peruvian typical blanket with Inca related designs)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alcoholic drinks (mostly wine or beer)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cigarettes and food<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5381\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pago-a-la-tierra.webp\" alt=\"Ofrenda del pago a la tierra\" width=\"865\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b><i>Offering payment to the earth<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><b>How is Pachamama\u2019s Day celebrated in Cusco?:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the activities that take place on this day will magically take you back in time. You will observe what life in <\/span><b>Cusco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its surroundings used to be like. On <\/span><b>Pachamama\u2019s day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> women and men from different high Andean communities of the region of Cusco get together to take part on this special occasion in honor to Mother Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3505230926454944\" data-ad-slot=\"3247790964\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Steps for celebrating this day:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, a sacred and important place is selected. There you have to dig a pit, which will serve to put the offerings and gifts that people will give to \u201cPachamama\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, the offerings will be put on the lliclla that will lie as rug and serve as cover too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pit is not that big. generally is 50 cm deep and 1 cm in un diameter approximately. Actually, the size depend on the amount of offerings and gifts that Pachamama will be given.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the lliclla is on the floor, place all the ingredients for the payment to the earth like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fetus of animals, preferably fetus lamb, alpaca, or llama. They symbolize fertility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beer, food, coca leaves, cigarettes, sweets, candies, cookies, incense, etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea is to make Pacha Mama eat, drink and smoke.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To complete the payment to the earth, you have to set fire into the pit. Once the fire is on, put the offering covered with the lliclla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While everything is being burnt, all the guests get together to drink the sacred drink of the incas, Chicha de jora (fermented corn). Some others will drink beer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, during the ceremony, people usually eat typical dishes of the region. They also dance typical dances that are from the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything must be arranged in advance showing great respect to Mother Earth<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5382\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PAgoa-la-tierra-altomisayoq.webp\" alt=\"Altomisayoq realizando un pago a la tierra\" width=\"865\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b><i>Altomisayoq performing payment to the earth<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><b>Note:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to take part on the ceremony of payment to the earth? If so, we recommend coming to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/legend-of-apu-qeccha-livitaca-cusco\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><b>Cusco<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> any month during the dry season. The weather in the dry season is perfect. It is sunny with a clear sky. However, early mornings and nights can be cold in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/how-to-acclimate-to-the-altitude-in-cusco\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><b>Cusco<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. So be prepared and bring warm clothes like raincoats, beanie, gloves, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you come in August you can be part of this tradition while doing some tours.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>You can also read:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coca leave and its properties<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Payment to the Earth?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incas deities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/inkayni-1.png\" alt=\"Inkayni\" width=\"254\" height=\"99\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/es\/\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\"><b><i>Inkayni Peru Tours<\/i><\/b><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, your best option to have the best experience while traveling. You can contact us through any of our virtual platforms. Our staff is 24-hour available.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every August 1st, people from the region of the Andes of Peru commemorate Pachamama\u2019s Day. It is a tradition inherited through generations since Incas time or even way before that, since Pre-Inca times. The main objective of Pachamama\u2019s day is to celebrate the connection with mother earth, who thanks to its great kindness provides the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1576],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[624],"class_list":["post-5384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-andean-culture","author-adminbloginkayni-en"],"acf":[],"views":9209,"authors":[{"term_id":624,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"adminbloginkayni-en","display_name":"adminbloginkayni","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8046,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions\/8046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}