The Ceremony

During the Incan Empire, the Chaccu was an event of great cultural value. After the herds were captured, a young and graceful Vicuña was carefully selected and given a small cut in the ear. Its blood filled the kero, to be offered to the Apus. The Inca, from a majestic stone platform, took the kero and a handful of coca leaves, and established a spiritual connection with the Gods. Finally, he cast the sheared fleeces into the sky, unleashing a magical chorus of voices and dances around him.