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Recipes
Learn how to make a Puchero, Cusco’s traditional carnival dish
In the region of Cusco the puchero is a traditional dish that is eaten in family in the month of…
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Celebration
Cuzco´s Carnival Began with the Day of Compadres
In Cusco, it is a tradition for carnival to begin with a celebration of all compadres, co-godfathers, the men who…
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Peruvian Food
Union of Savory and Sweet in Carnival, Cusco’s Puchero
Have a dish of Puchero (Walter Coraza Morveli) The colorful and wet feasts of Carnival are strongly felt in our…
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Customs
Dance, Food, and Color, Carnival 2016 in Cusco
Sharing a Glass of Beer During the Carnival feast in Cuzco (Photo: Walter Coraza Moreli) Carnaval explodes every year in…
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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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Carnival Sunday is Here
Happy Sunday. Carnival has arrived in the streets of Cuzco. It is a happy time. The streets are painted in…
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Events
The Yunza, Puchero, and Carnival
Carnival is one of the most important feasts of the City of Cuzco. The people of all the different neighborhoods…
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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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Events
Cuzco Celebrates its Comadres Today
One week after Cuzco has celebrated its Day of Godfathers (Compadres) it now turns to celebrating the Comadres, the Godmothers.…
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February Loco, the Month of Celebrations
February is filled with celebrations and many activities. It is known as the month of carnival and features music, dance,…
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