IN STEREO

I do my ritual at my house. I buy what should be bought to thank the land. I tie the quinces in my [offering] pile, [I decorate the house with] the streamers. You always put the little flags [on the] quince and pour [alcohol] in the corners of the house as a blessing to the Pachamama, a thank you. I buy my little bit of wine, my bit of singani. I do the ch’alla and I put flowers on my area in [front of] my house. I do that. I think this – thanking the earth, I mean – comes by family belief. I mean, in your house, you do as others do, don’t you? It’s more the custom, isn’t it? – Gris

I have my Virgin of Copacabana here, who I say a prayer to every morning to take care of any misfortune, any evil. I have a lot of faith for the Virgin of Copacabana. It has fallen apart, but this one has brought me a lot. When I get up and [when I] go to bed, I always say a prayer, and on Thursdays I light her candles. I have a lot of faith for the Pachamama. That's the only ritual I have – [aside from] the Tuesday of carnival here among friends. We meet to have fun and some drinks. That's customary! – Don Freddy