by Terry Cumes | Oct 18, 2019 | Quechua Culture
The most special guest that Willka T’ika has ever hosted is without doubt Don Benito. Don Benito is a Qero pakko, or healer. He is among the last in a line of Andean elders who still teach traditional Quechua spiritual traditions as they were practiced during...
by Vidya Gauci | Oct 25, 2018 | Gardens, Quechua Culture
In Inkan lore, the Lucuma tree encompasses the three worlds of ancient Andean cosmology. The trunk represents kaypacha, the world of humans, plants and animals, a place of action and interaction, of cause and effect that shapes our lives. The roots represent...
by Terry Cumes | Aug 30, 2018 | Children's Fund, Quechua Culture
Terry Visits the Family of the Willka T’ika Children’s Fund’s First University Graduate in Chumpe-Pokes Mountain Community For over a decade, The Willka T’ika Children’s Fund has supported a school in the Andean community of Chumpe-Pokes. Thanks to generous...
by Vidya Gauci | Sep 2, 2017 | Quechua Culture
August is regarded as Pachamama’s birthday. Every year at Willka T’ika, the staff and I gather with our Qero Pakko, ritual specialist, to offer our gratitude to Her. As the name Pachamama suggests, the Quechua respect and honor their Mother Earth....
by Vidya Gauci | Oct 27, 2015 | Quechua Culture
On October 11, 2015 Carol Cumes, owner and founder of Willka T’ika, celebrated a very special Quechua birthday with her extensive Quechua family spanning four generations. During this Willka T’ika holiday, Carol had treated her entire staff the day before...
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