folklore
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Events
What You Should Know about the Folkloric Parade Yesterday in Cusco’s Plaza de Armas
A parade of folkloric dances was performed yesterday in Cusco’s Plaza de Armas, its main square. It was organized by…
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Commentary
Intersections: El Condor Pasa Flies Even in Utah Skies
A carved Condor soars in the stone of Machu Pichu (Walter Coraza Morveli) Sometimes I choose the subjects for my…
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Commentary
The Taparaco Malagüero or Bad News Moth
The Bad News Nocturnal Moth (Taparaco Malaguëro) The moth called taparaco malagüero, which is English would be a bad news…
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Folklore
The Tale of the Tired Horse
In Peru’s south, in the region of Puno and on the road to Juliaca you can see a large stone…
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Two Girls and their Gifts
The Children Playing in the Sunset Near a sacred place lived an entire family: father, mother, and their two daughters,…
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The Old Lady from Almudena and the Carriage from Hell
In Cusco’s Almudena neighborhood there was a little old lady who was nice looking and all the people of the…
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Events
The Virgin vs the Official Schedule of Festivities: Two Cultures in Cuzco
The Virgin of Natividad, Almudena made her way along the side of the Plaza on Sunday morning back to her…
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Folklore
Men and the Treachery of Birds
There once was a bird to whom god confided a very important mission, the pichitanca. “You will go to men…
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Food & Drinks
A Tale of María Marimacha
Here we have a story that is very popular in our city about a girl who in order to play…
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Customs
Souls of the Dead and Dying Visit
Many people say that the soul announces itself days and even weeks before a person dies. It comes to say…
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