Santurantikuy
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Entertainment
The Joy of the Child
Cusco’s plaza is filled with vendors and excitement, today, the second day of Santurantikuy and Christmas Eve. People come to…
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Art
Santurantikuy: Memories of the popular Christmas fair
For us the santurantikuy will always be … .. the Christ Child, the visit of children from the surrounding communities,…
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Celebration
Christmas arrived in Cusco
The city of Cusco lives a festive atmosphere. The beautiful Inca citadel dresses in color with Christmas images, colored lights,…
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Commentary
Family, Friends, and Joy: New Years in the Andes or Far Away
Happy New Years from the Inca and from Us (Walter Coraza Morveli) The old is laid to bed and the…
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Customs
This Year’s Santurantikuy Market
Restoring a Jesus Child in Santurantikuy (Walter Coraza Morveli) Every year in the city of Cusco in the days before…
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Handicrafts
Commerce and Christmas Reign in Cusco
Sales are significantly up because of Christmas and the onset of New Year. The demand for goods has grown,…
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Commentary
The Christ Child and Other Holy Beings Make a Home in Cusco
The Christ Child in His Manger (Walter Coraza Morveli) Cusco’s image makers, its imagineros, work over time right now. Wednesday…
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Cuzco’s Many Manger Scenes Fascinate
Just before Christmas, the people of Cuzco put together nacimientos. The word means “births” and is what in English are…
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Events
A Christmas Market (Santurantikuy) fills Cuzco’s Plaza Today
Thick clouds stipple the sky, heavy with moisture. From above Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas also looks to have filled with…
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The Birth of the Manuelito Children in Cuzco
Everything begins with a question, where will you put up your manger scene this year. Like every other year, in…
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