Bolivia Andean New Year

AP Published June 21, 2014
Andean religious leaders perform a new year ritual at the ruins of the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku located in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. -AP Photo
Andean religious leaders perform a new year ritual at the ruins of the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku located in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. -AP Photo

Bolivia's Aymara Indians are celebrating the year 5,522 as well as the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, which marks the start of a new agricultural cycle.

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