After dressing us up in traditional Kayambi dress (we looked more Austrian than Ecuadorian, tall and white with felt hats!) the people of Pijal took us out ‘dancing'for the Inti-Raymi sun festival (which also happened to fall on my birthday). The dances consisted of walking in circles for hours and hours, moving between houses, while the men got drunk on the beer provided in each place. Usually a big crate of beer was placed in the center of the circle, and we couldn’t move on until it was all gone. Needless to say, there were a lot of people stumbling home that night!
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