Well, the last day of our shaman tour ended in Tipon, another ancient site about 1 1/2 hrs from Cusco. Here we were joined again by our Andean priest for a closing despacho ceremony, where we were initiatied as Paco's (Pachamama warriors).
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| Closing despacho ceremony |
Tipon is a beautiful site within the mountains. It is built around water channeled from the mountains. Not many people visit here so it was very serene.
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| Tipon water feature |
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| Temple where we completed the ceremony |
On the way out I saw this tree with lots of baby peaches. Seeing people grow their own food makes me very happy :-)
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| Lots of peaches :-) |
Afterwards we dropped into a local guinea pig restaurant and the guys ordered and ate a 'cooee' with all the sides while I tried not to look too disgusted.
Over all I've had a great experience. I'm wondering where these six days have gone and can I please have them over again? I've learned a lot about Andean philospohy and enjoyed exploring and tapping into the ancient sacred sites.Our wonderful shaman Fredy answered my many, many questions about the culture, local agriculture etc and I owe much to him for facilitating this experience :-)
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