Paucartambo
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Fiestas
Fellowships of Dancers Create Cusco
Flutes chatter and drums beat. You can’t visit Cusco without hearing this sound. The different melodies and beats–as well as…
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Fiestas
A Beautiful Sunrise in Tres Cruces
Undoubtedly, one of the unique places in the world, to receive the first rays of sun in a beautiful sunrise,…
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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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Commentary
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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The Kasaracuy, an Ancestral Tradition in the Andean World
In spite of time, changes, and religion, in some communities of the city of Cusco and Paucartambo, ceremonies and traditions…
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Celebration
The Schedule of the Great Fiesta of Paucartambo
The fiesta in Paucartambo de la Mamacha del Carmen is a great festivity that captures everyone with its intense celebration,…
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Culture
Paucartambo’s Masks Declared Cultural Heritage
The knowledge and the techniques in the elaboration of the masks of Paucartambo were declared Cultural Patrimony of the Nation,…
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News
The Chupacabra of Paucartambo
The chupacabra, ”goat-sucker”, is a mythological animal that kills goats, sheep and other animals in rural areas. It is said…
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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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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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