The historic ceremony of Inti Raymi was reconstructed in 1944 for the first celebration of the 'Dia del Cuzco.' The theatrical play is an attempt to interpret that which occurred in the Incan epoch. The recreation is based on the available chronicles, which are not in exact agreement. The ritual was composed in his Native Quechua by Faustino Espinoza Navarro, who also played the Inca for many years. The present day event is held in the Saxsayhuaman amphitheater. The hillsides and the monument terraces surrounding the amphitheater fill with a vast crowd for this event. The event occurs on the morning of the Winter Solstice, as was the case in the prehistoric era. The reenactment portrays only the religious portion of the ancient nine day festival, its invocation, which originally began before sunrise on the solstice. The reenactment occurs later in the morning.