Kapak Raymi Purification Ritual Spraying Sacred Water in Ecuador ECUADOR

A dramatic black and white photograph capturing an indigenous Yachak (shaman) blowing a misty spray of sacred liquid into the sky during the Kapak Raymi festival in the Ecuadorian Andes. Surrounded by community members standing in reverence, this ancestral ritual marks the December solstice, celebrating new life, the growth of young crops, and the purification of the youth and community.