Samikuy Ancestral Ritual to Apu Razuhuillca

Gómez E.G.; Cisneros A.A.A. · Revista de Filosofia (Venezuela) (2022) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7309260

Resumen

In the Andean world, ancestral rituals have analogous characteristics, they are carried out on the highest hills of the Samikuy (offering in Quechua) starting from the town or city in which it has been erected. The distinctive Apu (lord in Quechua) is deified by the Quechua peasants for being the reason for their existence. The ancestral ritual to the Apu Razuhuillca has its particularity due to the lagoons that are found at the foot of the snow-capped Apu Razuhuillca, which supplies water to the city of Huanta. Samikuy activities are carried out throughout the year and on special dates, keeping a relationship with the Andean calendar, determining national and international tourism. The result of the practice of Samikuy is a process of sacred reciprocity with the Apu and the human being, whose goal is communal, family and individual well-being.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Huanta