Cuzco has a strong and living culture. It is not just a staging grounds for visits to archeological sites, impressive though those are, but a place with a rich way of life of its own that has deep connections to the present, to the Spanish colonies, and to Inca times.
While walking its streets, visiting its traditional neighborhoods, its parks, its plazas, its markets, and its narrow streets, we meet its people and see lots of their culture in action. We get to know and live their traditions and current life marked by a strong and living culture.
In what follows Cuzco Eats gives you images of the capital of Tawantinsuyo, the Whole of Four Parts, that continues to live in the streets of Cuzco in our day.
Hollyhock Showng Cuzco’s Love of Flowers and their MeaningCuzco’s Young Women Dressed in Traditional Clothes for a FestivalYoung Couple Sharing a Moment in Cuzco’s PlazaFamily Sitting on a Bench in the Plaza of San BlasDiviner’s Paraphernalia, Including Dried Condor’s Head, in San BlasA Man Porting Carrying Cloths (Queperinas) while Selling in the Streets of CuzcoThe Staff of the Twelve Cornered Stone Inca Resting by MerchandiseSilver Antiques for Sale in the Streets of CuzcoInca Mime Resting by the Merced Church from Standing and Giving Messages for TipsThe Fountain of San Blas by NightYawning Man with Rue and Knitted Caps (Chullos) Hoping to Sell in the StreetBoys Looking out at the CityFamily Selling Hanidcrafts in StreetThe Chapel of Santa TeresaCuzco’s Cathedral with a Tourist by Its SideFresh Corn Right out of Hot Water and Fresh Cheese for SaleA Grandmother Watching LIfe Go By
