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| A Bolivian indigenous woman participates in the winter solstice ceremony in Tiahunaco, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. The Aymara Indians celebrate the year 5,520 as well as the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice, marking the start of a new agricultural cycle. Photo by Reuters |
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| People raise their hands to receive the first beam of the rising sun during the winter solstice ceremony in Tiahunaco, 70 km (44 miles) from La Paz, June 21, 2012. The solstice coincides with the Aymara Indian New Year. Photo by Reuters |
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| Aymara natives raise their hands to get the first sunrays during the celebration of the winter solstice, at the Valley of the Moon, near La Paz, on June 21, 2012. Photo by AFP |
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| Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera (centre L) and his fiancee Claudia Fernandez (centre R) participate in the winter solstice ceremony in Tiahunaco, June 21, 2012. Photo by Reuters |
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| A Bolivian priestess makes offerings to Pachamama (Mother Earth) during the winter solstice in La Paz June 21, 2012. Photo by Reuters |
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| A Bolivian indigenous man raises his hands to receive the first beam of the rising sun during the winter solstice ceremony in Tiahunaco, June 21, 2012. The solstice coincides with the Aymara Indian New Year. Photo by Reuters |
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| People raise their hands to receive the first beam of the rising sun during the winter solstice ceremony in Tiahunaco, June 21, 2012. Photo by Reuters |
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| An Andean religious leader performs a new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, on the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| Aymara indigenous men attend a new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, on the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| Aymara indigenous men hold up their hands to feel the first rays of sun during a new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| An Aymara indigenous musician plays a flute after the first rays of sun during a new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| An Andean religious leader attends a traditional Andean new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| Aymara indigenous musicians play flutes and drums after the first rays of sun during a new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| Aymara New Year |
| People hold up their hands to feel the first rays of sun during a traditional Andean new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| An Andean religious leader attends a traditional new years’ ritual at the ruins from the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku, in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, June 21, 2012. Photo by AP |
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| Aymara natives gather at sunrise to celebrate the winter solstice, which marks the Aymara New Year, at the Valley of the Moon, near La Paz, on June 21, 2012. Photo by AFP |
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| An Aymara shaman (C) performs a ritual at sunrise during the celebration of the winter solstice, which marks the Aymara New Year, at the Valley of the Moon, near La Paz, on June 21, 2012. Photo by AFP |
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| Aymara natives raise their hands at sunrise to receive the first sunrays during the celebration of the winter solstice, which marks the Aymara New Year, at the Valley of the Moon, near La Paz, on June 21, 2012. Photo by AFP |
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| Aymara natives raise their hands at sunrise to receive the first sunrays during the celebration of the winter solstice, which marks the Aymara New Year, at the Valley of the Moon, near La Paz, on June 21, 2012. Photo by AFP |
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