10:00 | Cusco (Cusco region), Apr. 28.
Sales of tickets to
Inti Raymi or "Festival of the Sun" at the Inca Temple of Qoricancha and the esplanade of Sacsayhuaman have reported a considerable rise, said Rosendo Baca, chair of the Board at the
Municipal Company for Celebrations and Promotion of Cusco (Emufec).
In statements to
Andina news agency, Baca noted that 95% of the tickets to the first performance have already been sold.
This first staging will be celebrated on June 24, Cusco's Day, at the Qoricancha esplanade. The ceremony is slated to begin at 09:00 a.m. (local time).
350 seats will be available, so domestic and foreign tourists can enjoy — from the perimeter on El Sol Avenue— the song to the Inti or Sun God by Inca Pachacuteq, the welcome of delegations from Tahuantinsuyo or Land of Four Quarters —while watching ancestral dances— and the message to celebrate the festival of the sun.
As for the esplanade of Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park, between 30% and 40% of the tickets have been sold for 3,766 seats that will be positioned around all three sides of the terrace, the middle one being preferential.
At the site, the Inca, the qoya, their entourage, and Tahuantinsuyo delegations will perform the Inti Raymi for about an hour and a half.
The representation will include songs and dances of rituals offered to chicha de jora (a corn beer or chicha), fire, and Sank'u (the Andean people's main meal), among others, as well as a llama sacrifice, whose remains are believed to portray the fate that awaits the city.
"I know less than 5% of tickets are available in the case of Qoricancha; while, at Sacsayhuaman, between 30% and 40% of the tickets have been sold. The ceremony, whose announcement has been made two months in advance, is yielding good results," he remarked.
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Published: 4/28/2023