Huddling around
candles before dawn,
men from Peru’s Quispi-
canchi nation celebrate
Qoyllur Riti below a
glacier. Pilgrims believe
the glaciers hold
healing properties.
But because the ice has
receded so dramati-
cally, cutting pieces of
it is now banned. “We
used the ice as med-
icine,” says Norberto
Vega. “Just by pass-
ing the ice over [your
body] made you feel
better, and that links
with faith.”
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