Outside the monastary

SEÑOR OF WANKER (HUANCA)

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September 17th 2006
Señor de Huanca, pronounced WANKER- so really it’s the SIR OF WANKERS!! Hehe. Is a very important religious day here in Cusco- and well, really, all over Perú and even into other South American countries. The official day is the 14th of September, where thousands of Peruvians make the pilgrimage trek up one of the mountains deep in the depths of the Andes. In the rocky center of the mountai ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more