Parade participants dance their way around the perimeter of Cusco’s Plaza de Armas during the 2023 Inti Raymi festival. The annual event, which occurs around the Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, was originally celebrated by the Inca to pay homage to the sun god Inti. Click the above image to enlarge, click to view my high-resolution photo gallery, or click to read my travel guide “How to Tour Cusco Without Going to Machu Picchu.”