The Evangelical Church as an Extirpator of Idolatry in the Water Festival in the Andes of Peru

The research focuses on the Water Festival (Yarqa Aspiy), an ancient event in the Peruvian Andes, and which, as an Inca activity, survived the extirpation of idolatries by the Spanish colonization. The objective is to determine the importance of ancestral rituals in the communal work of this festiva...

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Main Authors: Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez, Jesús Wiliam Huanca-Arohuanca, Ketty Marilú Moscoso-Paucarchuco, Manuel Abraham Paz y Miño-Conde, Diana Luján-Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/965