Travel Photography by Jon and Alison Whitear

Inti Raymi, Cusco

Possibly the most important date in the Quechua calendar, Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun is celebrated at the winter solstice. The week long festival culminates in a ceremony at Sacsayhuamán, the Inca fortress that overlooks the city. In Inca times it was presided over by the Great Inca, the descendant of the Sun. These days it's an elected representative.