“…When considering the filial character of human–nonhuman relationships, it is notable, but not surprising, that in P'iya Qayma, tirakuna remain in everyday, nonsacred relationships with the community during the post‐conversion time. However, while other authors have emphasized building houses, living on the soil and giving offerings of alcohol (Allen ), caring, rearing, and respect (De la Cadena ), as well as feeding and cohabitation (Salas Carreño ), as the central components of this productive relationship, I wish to draw the analytical gaze to the role of agricultural labor. Of course, elements of commensality, religious ritual, work, and feeding cannot easily be separated—agricultural work produces food and is therefore essential to acts of feeding.…”