For hundreds of years, thousands of attendees have pilgrimaged to the religious festival in honor of the Lord of Qoyllorit'i, but recently, climate change and mining have threatened this sacred festival in the Andes Mountains of Peru. #NatGeoExplorer Armando Vega (@armandovega.photo) captured this moment as one attendee recalled what it was like before the changing climate threatened the sacred glacier.
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