{"id":116,"date":"2025-02-25T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasqolqas.com\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=116"},"modified":"2025-04-10T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:52:00","slug":"payment-to-the-mother-earth","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/blog\/activity\/payment-to-the-mother-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Offering to Pachamama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Sacred Ancestral Ritual<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Andean Cosmology and Religious Beliefs, Pachamama (\u2018Mother Earth\u2019) protects us, gives us sustenance, is a source of life and fertility. On special occasions, such as during the solstices, we perform rituals with a shaman to thank La Pachamama. Around those dates our guests can also ask to be told their fortune by reading the Coca leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/flor-cactus-san-pedro-qolqas-peru-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-620\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/flor-cactus-san-pedro-qolqas-peru-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/flor-cactus-san-pedro-qolqas-peru-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/flor-cactus-san-pedro-qolqas-peru-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/flor-cactus-san-pedro-qolqas-peru-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/flor-cactus-san-pedro-qolqas-peru.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/las-qolqas-de-noche-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/las-qolqas-de-noche-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/las-qolqas-de-noche-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/las-qolqas-de-noche-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/las-qolqas-de-noche.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Andean cosmology, Pachamama (Mother Earth) is the giver of life, nourishment, and fertility, watching over and protecting us. This sacred offering honors her generosity, fostering balance, gratitude, and connection with the natural world.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":630,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"area":[13],"class_list":["post-116","activity","type-activity","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-mysticism"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasqolqas.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}