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Commentary
A Global Struggle over Gender and Sex Begins in Peru
Peru´s cities and the chambers of congress have been shaken over the last few months by two related things with…
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Travel
It is Carnival and Time to Play
Young Men and Women Playing at Carnival (Walter Coraza Morveli) In is inevitable you will be part of the play…
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Commentary
Opposites Meet in Family, the Living and the Dead in Cusco
Day of Dead in Almudena Cemetery The living and the dead come together in a feast, one day for each.…
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Folklore
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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Sexting and Anxiety in Cuzco
David Knowlton Technology creates changes and often raises anxieties. One such anxiety laden study of cell phones in Cusco was…
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Customs
Charm and Sharp Teasing, the Huaylacas of Cuzco
People participate in Cuzco’s fiestas with great courage and vigor. Some figures dance with dignity and majesty, others are athletic…
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Customs
The Andean Footplow–Chakit’aqlla–Opens the Earth for Planting
Most agricultural work in Cuzco still follows our ancestral traditions. For example in the case of planting corn people still…
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Commentary
Even the Rain Has Sex in Cuzco
In these months—October, November, and December, we begin the rainy season in Cuzco. As a result people prepare their gardens…
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Celebrate Carnival in Cuzco
Carnival is a celebration in which every Cuzqueño and every visitor to the city can have fun dancing, singing, playing,…
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