(24 Jan 2025)
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Lima, Peru – 24 January 2025
1. People ringing bells and burning incense to doll of Ekeko, the Andean god of prosperity
2. Face of Ekeko doll
3. People watching and recording ceremony
4. Various of ceremony, where believers also throw petals at doll
4. Lidia Cortez, organizer of the ceremony, holding a smaller Ekeko doll, which carries fake money
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Lidia Cortez, Ekeko festival organizer:
"The Ekeko is the God of abundance, prosperity, fertility, that is part of the Tiahuanaco culture. That’s where the Ekeko comes from. It is loaded with many things because when you ask the Ekeko, your desires are fulfilled."
6. Various of ceremony
7. Roxana Verastegui taking photo with cellphone
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roxana Verastegui, believer:
"I trust in the Ekekos to make every kind of wish."
9. People gathered at ceremony
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rosa Marquez, believer:
"It is a tradition to celebrate the day of the Ekeko every January 24, because you can ask anything to Ekeko. You make him smoke and he grants your wish."
11. Various of Ekeko dolls, people
STORYLINE:
Believers celebrated the day of the Andean God of prosperity, Ekeko, by making wishes at a ceremony in Lima on Friday.
Dolls representing Ekeko were pinned with mock banknotes, notes with future endeavors and wishes of the believers who revere the deity in the Peruvian capital.
That took place amid a smoke of incense and tobacco.
The traditional character of ancient times, so rooted in the customs and traditions of the Peruvian-Bolivian highlands, is venerated for its symbolism of good luck, abundance, fortune, prosperity, happiness and fertility.
The plump, human-shaped character wears a poncho and chullo traditional hat.
To ask Ekeko for wishes, believers place lit cigarettes on the mouth of the dolls.
"You make him smoke and he grants your wish," said believer Rosa Marquez, as others lit incense and threw flower petals at the Ekeko figurine at the center of the ceremony.
AP Video by Cesar Barreto
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