Ausangate (Quechua: Awsanqati) is a mountain of the Cordillera Vilcanota range in the Andes of Peru. With an altitude of 6384 meters it is situated around 100 kilometres southeast of Cusco. The mountain has significance in Incan mythology. Every year on the north side of Ausangate the feast of Qoyllur Riti (Quechua: snow star) is celebrated before the feast of the Corpus Christi, during which thousands of Quechua pilgrims attend.
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