Sol Milenario - Inkuyo

Inkuyo
Sol Milenario
By Gonzalo Vargas (BMI)

Rhythm: Chuntunqui - Bolivia

The audio track comes from Inkuyo's audio album Ancient Sun, published by Celestial Harmonies (BMI) and available at Amazon, iTunes, and harmonies.com

For thousands of years, cultures around the world worshipped the element so vital to life - the sun. During pre-Inca and Inca civilization, Tata-Inti (Sun God), was the most important of the many gods to worship. The Incas considered themselves to be the direct descendants of Tata-Inti and called themselves, Sons of Inti. Consequently, they dedicated their lives to the sun god, by holding special religious ceremonies and festivals year round. The Festival of Inti-Raymi was the grandest and most important event of the entire Inca empire. Pilgrims from the farthest corners of the empire traveled to Cuzco for this celebration showing their collective spiritual devotion.