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Ritual Cleansing Ceremony
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Preparing to release the kintu in the water |
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Carl’s journey with the Q’ero began with a ritual cleansing ceremony led by Doña Julia Calderón, a renowned medicine woman and herbalist. The ceremony took place on the bank of a river above the town of Ollantaytambo, a town containing an Inka sacred site which may once have been used as a fortress. While Doña Julia cleansed Carl with water and sacred smoke derived from palo santo wood found in the Peruvian Amazon, the Q’ero held space for the ceremony. | |
Cleansing with sacred smoke |
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| Carl blew his intention for cleansing and purification into a kintu (a group of three coco leaves used for praying) and released it into the water. |  Releasing the kintu to the water |
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 Cleansing with water |
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