00:00Performers recreated the ancient Incan festival of the sun or Inti Remi in the Peruvian city
00:08of Cusco on Monday to mark the winter solstice. The ritual took place inside the Incan complex
00:15of Sacsayhuaman. It is a celebration of the sun and opens with the grand entrance of an
00:21Incan leader, surrounded by his subjects. He then pours the ancient Incan fermented
00:33corn drink, known as chicha, over the ground from a ceremonial urn as an offering to Mother
00:39Earth. The ceremony reaches its climax with the fake sacrifice of a llama to the sun god
00:46Inti. Incan priests would pull out the animal's heart and place it in a fire to predict the
00:52destiny of the Tahuantinsuyo Empire. The last Inti Remi with the Inca Emperor's presence
00:58was carried out in 1535 before it was banned in 1572 by Spanish Viceroy Francisco de Toledo.
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