Cuenca events: Inti Raymi at Ingapirca; Corpus Christi music from the balconies; ‘Third World’ in concert

Start of Inti Raymi at the Ingapirca complex – The Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural (INPC) presented the agenda for the Inti Raymi festivities at the Complejo Arqueológico Ingapira which starts with a walk on the Qhapaq Ñan this Friday at 6:00.

12:30 – an ancestral ceremony of gratitude to the Tayta Inti and Pachamama

13:30 – a community pampa mesa <arroz, mote y papas?>

14:00 – 18:00 – a folk dance festival

19:00 – election and proclamation of the Ñusta

21:00 – an Andean music festival

10:00 – inauguration of a food and crafts festival

11 – 14:00 – international dances <tango? the national folk dance of Argentina?>

14 – 18:00 – traditional dance festival

20:00 – an Andean music festival

10:00 – food and crafts festival

10:00 – traditional dance festival with local and national groups

Corpus Christi lives with music from the balconies – Live music will be played from the balconies of the cooperative Jardín Azuayo (Gran Colombia y Benigno Malo) on the nights of Corpus Christi, June 20, 21, & 27,

Friday, 20/6 – 19:00 – the groups ‘Tumba Tres’ and Los Locos del Ritmo

Saturday, 21/6 – 19:00 – ´Tres Copas’ with singer Maykel will perform

Friday, 27/6 – 19:00 – ‘Son Andino’ and Sergio Sacoto will perform

Friday, 27/6 – 11:00 – there will be a meeting in the Antigua Escuela Central of the organizations of the Economía Popular y Solidaria which seeks to promote an interchange of community experiences, products and initiatives.  It will be open to the public as part of the activities that strengthen the identity and collective work of the city.

Elefante and Bacilos in concert at the coliseum – Saturday, June 21, 8:30 pm at the Jefferson Pérez coliseum. The bands will perform both their classic songs and their latest compositions.

The band Tercer Mundo will play in Cuenca – The Tercer Mundo (Third World) band will be in Cuenca Saturday, 28/6 in the ‘Histórico’ Club (Bolívar y Benigno Malo) as part of their ‘Tercer Mundo Íntimo’ tour of Ecuador.  <No time given – you or your facilitator can call the club.> The 37-year-old band will be playing in intimate venues – small spaces such as restaurants and bars that are adaptable to an acoustic sound.  <So all you gringos with old ears can enjoy music played at lower decibel levels.>

Random note: ¿Qué hacen con partes humanas amputadas? (What do they do with amputated human parts?) – <I’m sure you’ve always wanted to know this, especially if you ever watched any of those extreme surgery shows where it looks like the doctors just throw the disconnected parts into a 55-gallon drum.> The discovery of a human leg in the Pichacay land fill generated concerns about protocols that are followed about the disposition of amputated parts. <Geeze – did my boob wind up in the landfill after the mastectomy?>

It opened up a debate about the management of these parts by health institutions and funeral services. According to the Ministerial Agreement 192, there are two ways to manage extremities amputated in hospitals: donation for organ and tissue transplants or cremation and burial. <So if your leg gets buried after an accident at age 30, does that get dug up when you die at age 105 so you can be reunited with your leg?> The final decision lies with the family of the patient and depending on the medical circumstances around the amputation.

Acceptable parts such as those due to an accident and that are not infected are taken and kept in the Banco de Huesos (Bone Bank) where they are technically and ethically managed to conform with current law. For cremations and burials, the parts must be accompanied by appropriate paperwork from the hospital.