Upon arriving at the entrance to Saqsaywaman we followed the festival participants towards the main plaza. The Inti Raymi, “Festival of the Sun”, was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti, one of the most venerated gods in Inca religion. Today it is observed in Cuzco on June 24 which is a few days past the Winter solstice. To learn more about the festival and ceremonies visit here: Inti Raymi info. Since we didn’t have tickets for reserved seats we walked up to the hillside where the majority of the locals were gathered. On top there was barely any place to move, let alone see, so we decided to head back down. We finally settled on watching from a nicely shaded hillside along the path to the top. Near the end of the ceremony we stood next to the bleachers and got a much better look at everything.