Editing Libation (section)

===Americas===
In the [[Quechua people|Quechua]] and [[Aymara people|Aymara]] cultures of the South American [[Andes]], it is common to pour a small amount of one's beverage on the ground before drinking as an offering to the [[Pachamama]], or Mother Earth. This especially holds true when drinking [[Chicha]], an alcoholic beverage unique to this part of the world. The libation ritual is commonly called ''challa'' and is performed quite often, usually before meals and during celebrations. The sixteenth century writer [[Bernardino de Sahagún]] records the Aztec ceremony associated with drinking ''[[pulque|octli]]'':
<blockquote>Libation was done in this manner: when ''octli'' was drunk, when they tasted the new ''octli'', when someone had just made ''octli''...he summoned people. He set it out in a vessel before the hearth, along with small cups for drinking. Before having anyone drink, he took up ''octli'' with a cup and then poured it before the hearth; he poured the ''octli'' in the four directions. And when he had poured the ''octli'' then everyone drank it.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nH_P1Gn1twwC&q=octli|title=Primeros Memoriales|first1=Bernardino de|last1=Sahagún|first2=Henry B.|last2=Nicholson|date=March 23, 1997|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806129099 |via=Google Books}}</ref></blockquote>