Search Results for: Mamacha Carmen
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Fiestas
Mamacha Carmen, Feast and Devotion
The feast of the Virgin of Carmen or also called “Mamacha Carmen” patron saint of the mestizos, is one of…
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Fiestas
The Wonderful Central Day of Celebrations for the Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo.
I remember Paucartambo, its two-storied adobe houses painted white, some with blue balconies. I remember its narrow streets where the…
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Fiestas
Paucartambo Celebrates the Mamacha Carmen
The Mamacha Carmen, the Virgen of Mount Carmel, strides calmly into view today as all over her feast is celebrated. …
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Events
Dramatizing Paucartambo’s Feast for Mamacha Carmen
A purpose behind the Days of Cusco is to celebrate the provinces and folklore of the Department of Cusco, to…
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Celebration
Feast of the Virgin of Carmen
As it is well known, the fiesta of the Virgen del Carmen is very popular, especially in Paucartambo, which was…
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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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Fiestas
Fiestas of Cusco – Jubilee Month
Yesterday, Tuesday, June 1, an ancestral ceremony with an offering to the Pachamama was held in the Plaza de Armas…
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Fiestas
Power, Pasion, and Drama in Paucartambo
The festivity of the Virgin of Carmen brings together joy, fiesta, color and faith. The thousands of pilgrims who arrive,…
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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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Folklore
The Fire Devils (Nina Saqras) and the Flaming Cart
The Mapocho River separated the two imposing mountains that watch over the population of Paucartambo. They have interesting and traditional…
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