A youth guards his llamas during preparations for the Inca ceremony “Inti Raymi” at the Saqsaywaman ruins in Cuzco, Peru, Sunday, June 24, 2018. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities along the path of what was once the Incan Empire are gathering for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to honor the ancient sun god Inti. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Andean religious leaders perform a New Year's ritual at the ruins of the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, early Thursday, June 21, 2018. Bolivia's Aymara indigenous communities are celebrating the Andean new year 5,526 as well as the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, which marks the start of a new agricultural cycle. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





Dancers drink beer while they prepare to perform an ancestral Inca dance in Cuzco, Peru, Saturday, June 23, 2018. June is full of festivities throughout the region of Cuzco, culminating on June 24 with the Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A youth in costume hurries past a mural after dancing at the Sun Festival in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2018. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities are gathering for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to honor the ancient sun god. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





A man wearing a mask of Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa and the presidential sash gestures to the camera as a man sleeps next to him, after a day of chanting, dancing and drinking during the Sun Festival in Peguche, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





A figure of a man with Peru's national soccer team uniform parades near the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru, Saturday, June 23, 2018. June is full of festivities throughout the region of Cuzco, culminating on June 24 with the Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Actors dance as they celebrate the Inca ceremony “Inti Raymi” at the Saqsaywaman ruins in Cuzco, Peru, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Indigenous men in costume go from house to house to dance and chant as part of the Sun Festival in Peguche, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





Aymara Indians hold up their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight in a New Year's ritual at the ruins of the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, early Thursday, June 21, 2018. Bolivia's Aymara indigenous communities are celebrating the Andean new year 5,526 as well as the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, which marks the start of a new agricultural cycle. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





A figure of a tiger parades near the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru, Saturday, June 23, 2018. June is full of festivities throughout the region of Cuzco, culminating on June 24 with the Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Indigenous mean in traditional costumes dance on the road to Cotacachi, Ecuador to take over the town's main plaza to celebrate the festival of the Sun, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





Women dancers laugh after performing in Cuzco, Peru, Saturday, June 23, 2018. June is full of festivities throughout the region of Cuzco, culminating on June 24 with the Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Indigenous men in costume, one holding a mock gun made of wood, dance to the rhythm of the monotonous tune of San Juanito, as groups from different communities compete to occupy the main plaza during the Sun Festival in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





A man dressed a the Inca Emperor Atahualpa leaves of a porta-potty as he holds a beer, in Cuzco, Peru, Saturday, June 23, 2018. June is full of festivities throughout the region of Cuzco, culminating on June 24 with the Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Indigenous men talk with a soldier who stands guard to prevent possible clashes between dance groups from different communities celebrating the Sun Festival in the main plaza of Cotacachi, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





Actors celebrate the Inca ceremony "Inti Raymi" at the Saqsaywaman ruins in Cuzco, Peru, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





An actor dressed as an Inca priest, poses for a portrait before celebrating the Inca ceremony "Inti Raymi," at the Saqsaywaman ruins in Cuzco, Peru, Sunday, June 24, 2018. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)