[2] It occurs on the June solstice, which is the shortest day of the year in the Mapuche homeland in the Southern Hemisphere.
As the sun begins to return to Earth after the longest night of the year (the winter solstice), Pachamama (Mother Earth in Quechua) or Nuke Mapu (in Mapudungun) starts to bloom, from the Andean heights to the southern tip.
[4] Wiñoy Tripantu is observed with a ceremony on the shortest day of the year, where families and communities gather to celebrate together.
Everyone in the community plays a role in the ceremony, which includes songs, dances, a communal meal, and offerings to the land.
[5] While Wiñoy Tripantu has been a longstanding tradition in the Mapuche culture (nowadays in southern Argentina and Chile), it has experienced a revival in recent decades, coinciding with a broader resurgence of Mapuche cultural practices and land rights advocacy.