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Every June 24, thousands of people gather in Cusco, Peru, to celebrate Inti Raymi, an ancestral Inca holiday to honor Inti, the Sun god.
Declared World Cultural Heritage in 2001, this Inca festivity takes place during the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
Inti Raymi also signals the start of the Inca New Year and it is celebrated with feasts, dancing, reenactments and offerings to the god Inti.
Click play to hear about the origins of this ancient celebration of Inca heritage that is still celebrated and attracts people from all over the world:
