Imanalla

Ñuka shutimi Samay kapani. Ñukaka Peguche ayllu llaktamantami kąpani. Nuka Tkarontopi kawsani. 

My name is Samay, and I live in a place that has 4 seasons. 
But it wasn’t always this way.

I come from the middle of the world. From Latitude 0. 

Seasons in Latitude 0 are different.
We have two: rainy season, and dry season. We have soft showers, strong hails, ice needling into your skin. We also have dry scorching hot middays, and tempered perfect cool breezes.

Nowadays, sometimes we get both seasons in one day.

That’s how pachakamak and pachamama tells us they’re hurting.

 

What does it feel like to be in the middle of the world?