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Mapuche people take a ceremonial dip in Lake Rupanko during a purification ritual marking We Tripantu, the Mapuche new year, in the Corayen community of Los Rios, southern Chile, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. We Tripantu is one of the most sacred holidays for the Mapuche, Chile's largest Indigenous group. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Mapuche solstice ceremonies highlight sacred rivers
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO AND RODRIGO ABD - Associated Press
Fri,08/19/22-11:03PM , 155 Reads
ALONG THE PILMAIQUEN RIVER, Chile (AP) — A ceremonial dip in the frigid waters of the fast-flowing Pilmaiquen River in southern Chile was the culmination of the multiday celebration of We Tripantü, one of the most sacred holidays for the Mapuche, the country’s largest Indigenous group.
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