The Andean Pilgrimage

In the months that go from June to October, thousands of peasants from the mountains of southern Peru undertake the paths that take them on pilgrimage to one or another sanctuary. "Traditional religiosity is an itinerant religiosity" writes Marzal (1971: 225). The main pilgrimage centers a...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Sallnow, Michael J.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1974
Country:Perú
Institution:Universidad Católica San Pablo
Repository:Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/933
Online Access:https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/933
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:peregrinación andina
religiosidad tradicional
Qoyllur Rit'i
Andean Pilgrimage
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Summary:In the months that go from June to October, thousands of peasants from the mountains of southern Peru undertake the paths that take them on pilgrimage to one or another sanctuary. "Traditional religiosity is an itinerant religiosity" writes Marzal (1971: 225). The main pilgrimage centers are well known: Señor de Qoyllur Rit'ti; the sanctuary of the Lord of Huanca, the Virgin of Copacabana, etc.