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Commentary
The Beauty and Drama of Rain in Cuzco
Beauty reigns in Cuzco during the rainy season. While many people run for cover to anxiously await the end of…
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Customs
Cuzco’s Many Manger Scenes Fascinate
Just before Christmas, the people of Cuzco put together nacimientos. The word means “births” and is what in English are…
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Peruvian Food
The Tradition of Turkey for Christmas and New Year’s
At the Christmas or New Year’s Table a browned turkey, recently taken from the oven, is increasingly demanded in Peru.…
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Huaylía in Cuzco on Christmas
Song — first men, then women, voicing “huaylía, huaylía” over and over followed by a verse — and the sound…
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Events
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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Customs
Christmas Morning, Cuzco, 2014
Sun streams through the clouds on a tranquil Plaza de Armas, in Cuzco. Women stroll through, their Christ Child, carefully…
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Events
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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Commentary
Hot Chocolate and Sweet Bread Make Christmas
In one more day will arrive the favorite celebration of all children, Christmas. Here in Cusco, the most typical thing…
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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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