fiestas
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Folklore
The Devil’s Door Opens in the Night
A Capero Playing in a Feast (Walter Coraza Morveli) In a town on the high altiplano, the high plateau, they…
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Commentary
Kindergarten Children Draw Warmth and Joy from Adults
Kinder Garden Students Performing During the Independence Day of Peru Small girls and boys open a great warmth and excitement…
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Events
The Wonder of Sauteed Mushrooms in Cusco
One of the best things that the popular fiestas, cargos (feast sponsorships), and festivities of Cusco have is their gastronomy.…
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Images from the Celebration of the Virgin Asunta
This is a festivity carried out in the rural zones of the Cusco region. It draws many devotees from…
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Customs
Assassination in the Fiesta
As is the custom in Peru, every July we celebrate a fiesta in honor of the Virgin of the Carmen…
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Customs
The Feast of Carmen Claims Faithful and Visitors Today
The Virgin of Carmen, as we call her, known in English as the Virgin of Mount Carmel, celebrates her feast…
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Commentary
Songs, One on Top of Another, as the Saints Go Home.
Three brass bands play loudly and simultaneously different songs in Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas, from a tinku to the Condor…
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Cuzco’s Corpus Christi and La Paz’s Gran Poder, Different Combinations of Faith, Culture, and Country
Cuzco celebrated Corpus Christi this week while last Saturday the people of La Paz Bolivia carried out a different, massive…
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The Entrance of Saints and Followers into Cusco’s Plaza
To their own tunes, the saints entered into Cuzco’s plaza on the way to the Cathedral where they spent the…
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The Yunza Tree Brings Joy to Carnival in Cuzco’s Neighborhoods
The custom of the yunza also called the cortamonte, tree-cutter, involves a tree filled with gifts. It has a lot…
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