Locals and tourists joyfully celebrated the second staging of <a href=" Raymi, the Festival of the Sun, held at the Main Square —the former Hawkaypata— of the Imperial City as part of Cusco Day ...

Video. In Cusco, Peru, the Inti Raymi festival was reenacted by hundreds in elaborate robes, celebrating the ancient sun ...

In Cusco, Peru, the Inti Raymi festival was reenacted by hundreds in elaborate robes, celebrating the ancient sun festival ...

Inti Raymi is the most important Indigenous celebration of the Andean countries of South America. And it is a revival of the ...

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Temperatures of up to 34C are expected in the UK as the northern hemisphere experiences the longest day of the year.

On the winter solstice, it hosts Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun, revived in 1944 from a description by the historian Inca Garcilaso, the son of a conquistador and an Inca princess.

A woman celebrating Inti Raymi. | Grant Faint/GettyImages. Another midwinter celebration that takes place in June is Inti Raymi (Sun Festival), which honors the Incan god of the sun, Inti.

Some 50,000 people gathered on the surrounding hills of Cusco (Emufec) in Peru with the purpose of seeing the impressive Inti Raymi event, which takes place on 3 scenes staged in 3 different places.

The largest and most famous Inti Raymi celebration takes place annually in Cusco, Peru. However, smaller events such as this festival in Angochagua, take place among various communities in the ...