feasts
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Fiestas
The Twelve Dishes of Holy Week and Good Friday
On Good Friday Cuzco commemorates the passion and death of Jesus Christ. It is a day of reflection, where everyone…
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Celebration
Cusco’s People Express Passionate Devotion Today
The first time I saw Cusco’s patron, the Lord of Temblors, come out through the Cathedral door, swaying gently from…
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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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Commentary
Songs, One on Top of Another, as the Saints Go Home.
Three brass bands play loudly and simultaneously different songs in Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas, from a tinku to the Condor…
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Events
The Entrance of Saints and Followers into Cusco’s Plaza
To their own tunes, the saints entered into Cuzco’s plaza on the way to the Cathedral where they spent the…
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Events
International Worker’s Day
Every May first we celebrate Worker’s Day. It honors the people who work in every job life demands of us.…
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Customs
The Earth Receives Gifts this Month
The month of Pachamama, the lady of the Earth and Time dawns on August first. This is an important time…
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Travel
Feasts and Fiestas, Two Words that Miss Each Other
English and Spanish are like to sisters who have lived their adult life in different places and after decades sit…
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Customs
Passion, Drama, and Difference in Paucartambo
Beginning today, the feast of the Virgin of Paucartambo begins and people trek hours over the mountains to this valley…
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Commentary
The Festive Season Arrives
June his here, the month that includes on feast after another. As I write, it is Sunday and the Plaza…
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