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Customs for Ringing in the New Year
Now that the fiestas for Christmas have gone we begin to live the celebration in which we say goodbye to…
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The Baskets of Cuzco’s Ongoing Christmas
At this time of the year all the people who are from Cuzco but live away from it try to…
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Christmas in Cuzco
Christmas commemorates the birth of the Christ Child in Bethlehem on the 25 of December centuries ago. Some people call…
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A Christmas Market (Santurantikuy) fills Cuzco’s Plaza Today
Thick clouds stipple the sky, heavy with moisture. From above Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas also looks to have filled with…
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San Blas Performed the Coming of the Three Kings
San Blas, the neighborhood above Cusco’s cathedral, broke into feast yesterday. Its plaza was filled with carnival games for kids…
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Dramatic Protest in Cuzco this Morning
The Defense Front in Defense of Calca (a province of Cuzco) arrived in the city of Cuzco this morning in…
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Peru Wins as World’s Leading Culinary Destination the Third Time in a Row
Peru prevails, once again, in the World Travel Awards as the world’s leading Culinary Destination for 2014. It has won…
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The Virgin of Candlemas (Candelaria) Feast Honored by UNESCO
Puno, Peru breaks into sound and movement when its Patronal feast day, the 2nd of February and Day of the…
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Day of the Living and the Dead
Peruvians traditionally danced and feasted with their dead. They would keep them in caves or mausoleums, such as the circular…
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The Witches’ Night in Cuzco
The purple month ends today. We have had some beautiful times, celebrated various happenings, such as the Lord of Miracles,…
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