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Devotees climb up the skirts of the Sinakara Mount to reach the shrine of the Lord of Qoylloriti (Star of the Lord of the Snow) on June 6, 2023, at 4,700 meters above sea level and at freezing temperatures in the Vilcanota mountain range in the province of Quispicanchis, district of Ocongate, at a locality 1,000 kilometers southeast of Lima. The festival begins on the day of the Holy Trinity, when thousands of pilgrims ascend to the limit of the perpetual snow cap in a ritual associated with the fertility of the land and the worship of the Apus (hills, tutelary gods). (Photo by Christian Sierra/AFP Photo)
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