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“PAYMENTTOTHEEARTH”RITUAL TRIBUTETOTHEANDEANDIVINITYATSUMAQ Pachamama,orMotherEarth,hasanimportantroleinAndeanbeliefsinsomeparts ofSouthAmerica,includingnativeterritoriesinsouthernPeru. Here, related customs date back to Pre-Inca times, when inhabitants of this area believedthatPachamamawastheprotectivedivinityandgiveroflife. Tothankherfortheblessingsshebestows,thecustomofcelebratingthemystical “Payment to the Earth” ritual lives on. It is led by an Andean priest to pay her homageforeverythingsheprovidesus. The setting is decorated with a carpet of flowers, cereals from the highlands, coca leaves,preciousmetalsandavarietyofelementsfromnaturethatwillbeburiedin theearthasanoffering. Thismystical,magicalcustomhasbecomepartoftheparticipatoryactivitiesoffered at Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel. Here our guests live the emotional experience and spiritual curing process that the essence of the “Payment to the Earth” ritual provides. The power of the “Payment to the Earth” ritual enables participants to enter a mystic,divinespaceinAndeanbeliefsatMachuPicchu,theheartoftheIncaculture. Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontact: LizethGiurfaBarrientos PublicRelations SUMAQMACHUPICCHUHOTEL [email protected] [email protected] 01447-0579-Ext26 01-992506565–01989065971