I'm half-Quechua and grew up in Lima, and now at 35 I'm trying to learn the ceremonies my father's family practices but I feel like a tourist in my own heritage. Everyone is kind but I can tell they see me as the city kid who doesn't really belong.
More people experience this than they realize.
Cultural displacement has created a painful gap between ancestral identity and lived experience, generating shame about authentic belonging.
“Where Are You with Andean spirituality — Inca and indigenous South America?”
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