processions
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Commentary
The Saints Go Marching, Change and Glory
The saints are marching and Cusco’s traffic is tied up as processions take over streets throughout the city. Yesterday the…
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Fiestas
Corpus Christi, the Sumptuous and Majestic Feast of Cusco
Under a brightly shining sun on the Plaza de Armas of Cusco Cusco gets ready for the largest celebrations of…
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Fiestas
A Great Week of Celebrations Begins in Cusco
The great time of celebration is on us. They city is bubbling with fervor about the pilgrimage to Qoyllur Rit’i. Many…
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Events
San Cristóbal, the Heaviest of the Saints, and Corpus Christ
The Saints of Cuzco left their parish homes yesterday to enter into the Plaza in a grand procession with their…
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Commentary
Passion and Ritual Take Over Cuzco
Cuzco is a city of ceremonies. Every week, all year round, it seems something is going on somewhere in this…
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Customs
Photos of a Gathering on the Octave of Corpus Christi, the Cacharpariy
After a week in Cuzco’s cathedral, the Saints fo its traditional neighborhoods begin their processions home today. It is the…
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Traditional Food
Corpus Christi Begins
Two major events will energize Cuzco this month. At the end of the month falls the pageant of Inti Raymi…
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