Qoylluritœi
Subtitle: los hijos de la montaña sagrada
By: Miguel Mejia Castro
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Apu Editories
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Lima
Language: spa
Number of pages: 1879
ISBN-13: 9786124757013
Subjects: Climatic changes; Pictorial works; Religious aspects; Festivals; Quechua Indians; Rites and ceremonies; Religious Processions; Catholic Church; Artistic Photography; Religious life and customs
Description: This book is a documentary testimony and a tribute by the "pablucha" Miguel Mejia Castro and presents an anthropological and ethnographic vision of the pilgrimage Qoyllurit'I (Quechua word meaning Resplendent Star" or Snow Star") celebrated by the people of Ocongate in the Peruvian Andes, without forgetting his journalistic vision:  the persistent threat of mining concessions to the sacred territory of theQoyllurit'i. Because this ancient pilgrimage to the Cusco apu knew how to survive the campaign of extirpation of idolatries, the viceregal regime and the emancipatory rebellions, the republican latifundia that dented their territory and now the serious climate change that affects the planet; but it risks becoming extinct because the minerals it harbors in its territory may be its death sentence. In the pages of this book is present a visual and dramatic denunciation that shows the ravages of global warming. There is a before and a now. Once, we saw the Ukukus carrying on their backs huge blocks of ice, (with which, back in Lima, they irrigated their plots). An image that is no longer repeated due to the shrinking of the glaciers. Because the Qoyllurit'I was a water worship ceremony." (HK Translation) --Page 5.

This book is a documentary testimony and a tribute by the "pablucha" Miguel Mejia Castro and presents an anthropological and ethnographic vision of the pilgrimage Qoyllurit'I (Quechua word meaning Resplendent Star" or Snow Star") celebrated by the people of Ocongate in the Peruvian Andes, without forgetting his journalistic vision: the persistent threat of mining concessions to the sacred territory of theQoyllurit'i. Because this ancient pilgrimage to the Cusco apu knew how to survive the campaign of extirpation of idolatries, the viceregal regime and the emancipatory rebellions, the republican latifundia that dented their territory and now the serious climate change that affects the planet; but it risks becoming extinct because the minerals it harbors in its territory may be its death sentence. In the pages of this book is present a visual and dramatic denunciation that shows the ravages of global warming. There is a before and a now. Once, we saw the Ukukus carrying on their backs huge blocks of ice, (with which, back in Lima, they irrigated their plots). An image that is no longer repeated due to the shrinking of the glaciers. Because the Qoyllurit'I was a water worship ceremony." (HK Translation) --Page 5.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

In Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Presentación; title: Introducción; title: FOTOGRAFÍAS; title: Viaje; title: Santuario; title: Caminata de 24 horas; title: Intilloqsina; title: Peregrinos; title: Cambio climático; title: Ukukus; title: TEXTOS; title: El camino del Ukuku; title: La agonía de Qoyllurit'i; title: Minería en el santuario; title: El nevado se derrite; title: Mapa.