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Pachamama month
August in the Andes is the month of offerings to the Earth Mother, when she is said to be hungry and open, and the ground is fed with food and drink.
About Pachamama month
In the Andes, August is the time when Pachamama, Mother Earth, is believed to be open and in need of food. On 1 August families, especially in northern Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, make offerings, in which a hole is dug, and food, coca leaves, chicha, wine and sweets are laid, burnt or buried, often with a prayer to the Apus, the mountain spirits. Some people make payments at the start of the month for the year's health, travel and fields, and keep them to the end of August. Households may also cleanse the house with smoke. The rite is strongly Indigenous but mixed with Catholic practice, and Pachamama has been given official recognition in the constitutions of Ecuador and Bolivia. The ceremony varies from place to place and some parts are kept within communities.
Also part of it, and being written: Pachamama (The Earth Mother.), Aymara people (One of the peoples who keep the rite.), Q'ero (An Andean community known for its ritual tradition.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Pachamama" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.