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Senor
de Huanca (Lord of Huanca) 14th September 2006.
Every
year, on September 14, thousands of devotees from Peru and some from places
such as Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile go to the Santuary of Huanca
to receive the blessing of the Lord.This is a religious annual pilgrimage
to the Sanctuary of El Señor de Huanca. Many people walk to the
Sanctuary, to ask for wishes from El Señor. Often people will take
new cars to be blessed. It is possible to walk there, three hours from
Huaccoto or take buses from Coliseo Cerrado, the journey takes about 1.5
hours.
In 1675, Diego Quispe who was an Indian escaped from the Yasos mine where
he had suffered abuse. He hid from his master in a cave, and it is said
that this place was illuminated by the presence of God. As soon as the
priests of Our Lady of Mercy heard the story, they had an artist from
the Cusquenian School sent there to paint an image of the Lord in the
place where it had been seen.
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