carnaval
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Celebration
The Popular Celebration of The Day of Comadres in Cusco
In the great celebration of carnival dances of huaynos, masks and costumes, as well as typical food —“tímpu”—and drinks, are…
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Events
Playing Boys Guide and Create Passion and Fertility in Qoyllur Rit’i
Play, like winds whistling around a glacial peak or two boys rolling in the snow or even on grass, seems…
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Peruvian Food
Carnivals of Abundance, Puchero
“Carnival is arriving,” as the famous song goes This feast before Lent pulls the Andes, rural and urban, into celebration…
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Customs
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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Drinks
Frutillada, the Special Drink of Cuzco’s Carnival
The sweet and delicious strawberry chicha called frutillada or frutillas is enjoyed throughout the Valley of Cusco. It is one…
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Commentary
Dance in Carnival Makes a Vibrant, Fertile World
During Carnival, throughout Cuzco, people of neighborhoods and communities will put up a yunza tree. This is a tree they…
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Events
Carnival Begins today as Compadres Celebrate
February is the month in which our celebrations of carnaval begin (the pre-Lenten celebration with deep Andean roots). Today it…
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Food & Drinks
Capuli Fruit and Tree, a Peruvian Treasure
Capuli is a fruit tree that is native to the Andes of Peru. Its leaves are long and green. Its…
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Traditional Food
Carnival Strikes with Water, Food, Gifts, and Fun
Carnival is here. Today is the Sunday of Carnival and Latin America, including Cuzco, breaks into joyful celebrations. The season…
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Recipes
A Recipe for Cuzco’s Traditional Carnival Puchero (Thimpu)
During Cuzco’s Carnival it often rains and people have fun spraying foam and tossing buckets of water at each other.…
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