08/05/2024
Our Andean offering to Pachamama is the most beautiful way to show the reciprocity. We return a plate of food looking like a piece of art to Mother Earth and the elements that feed us. Therefore, the offering should be inviting and pleasing to all the senses. All the ingredients have different colors and textures. Elements symbolic of Andean dualism are also present like the qori (gold) and qolqe (silver) leaves and threads, representing Tayta Inti (Father Sun and masculine elements) and Mama Killa (Mother Moon and female elements). These complementary halves are symbolically united and balanced in the offering. Usually there is also some untu (llama fat) representing the life force (the llamas are certainly the traditional backbone of the highland economy), as well as rainbow colored cotton wool and confetti (the k’uichi or rainbow represents a bridge to other dimensions).
