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A List of Auguries to Receive the New Year
A few days before New Year’s Eve, most of the people of Cusco are eager to start the year in…
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Toads and Fortune
Toads are rare animals within the city as they live near streams, rivers or lagoons. With each day these animals…
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Twelve Grapes and Twelve Wishes at Midnight
This last day of the year will be celebrated in thousands of Peruvian homes. The clock will strike twelve midnight…
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Cats and Demons in Cuzco
Cuzco holds many sayings and stories. It is a rich land of folklore. For example, even raising pets leads to…
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How to Get and Keep Good Things Cuzco Style
Among our people various beliefs have become converted into traditions. People worry about the many auguries, as we call them,…
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A Key and the Toad, Oropesa’s Chuta Bread
More than a food, Bread rises with meaning in society after society. It begins with something magic, the rising of…
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Yellow Welcomes the New Year
Even though Christmas is people continue to prepare for festivities. Cuzco’s streets dress up in bright yellow as a symbol…
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Omens, Charms, Augeries, and Dreams Motivate Cuzco
The people of Cuzco hang cobs of corn and thorns in the form of a cross above their doors within…
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