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The Qoyllurit’i Pilgrimage: Religious Heritage versus Socio-Environmental Problems

Publication date: 05.11.2019

Studia Religiologica, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 3, pp. 205 - 220

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.19.015.11374

Authors

Marta Kania
Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Rynek Główny 34 31-010 Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8146-3044 Orcid
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The Qoyllurit’i Pilgrimage: Religious Heritage versus Socio-Environmental Problems

Abstract

The article discusses the theme of the pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Señor de Qoyllurit’i (and his alter ego – Señor de Tayankani), one of the most important patron feast (fiesta patronal) in the central-Andean region (Perú). The first part contains an ethnographic description of the procession, its location in “sacred space” and the main social actors involved. In the following part the attention focuses on the description of the foundational legends and myths of the festivity and the debate related to the syncretic form of the worship of Señor de Qoyllurit’i, based on the fusion between religious traditions of the Andean region and Catholicism. In the end the process of changes in the structure of the ceremony is presented, related to environmental problems: the aspect of climate change and its repercussions on regional beliefs.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2019, Volume 52, Issue 3, pp. 205 - 220

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
The Qoyllurit’i Pilgrimage: Religious Heritage versus Socio-Environmental Problems
English:

The Qoyllurit’i Pilgrimage: Religious Heritage versus Socio-Environmental Problems

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8146-3044

Marta Kania
Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Rynek Główny 34 31-010 Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8146-3044 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Rynek Główny 34 31-010 Kraków

Published at: 05.11.2019

Article status: Open

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