Festivals in Peru
January 27, 2008 – 2:41 pmFor many, South America equals festivals. The festivals bring along with them an abundance of pilgramages, parades, dancing and general merriment, but they also focus on the sacred and the profane manifestation of vitality, pride and happiness. The festivals of Cusco form a rainbow of colour bringing together sounds, flavours, scents and a sense of reinventing a synthesis of Man and the Earth,
Choose a date for your holiday that coincides with a festival and feel the true essence of South America
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Festival |
Description |
Place |
Dates |
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Surrenders of Sticks |
The power in a stake |
Cusco |
January 1 |
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Folkloric and religious festival |
Ollantaytambo |
January 6 |
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Typical Births |
Exhibitions of typical birth in churches and homes of Cusco |
Cusco |
Until January 6 |
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A ritual battle |
Canas |
January 20 |
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Party for happiness |
Cusco |
February and/or March |
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The brown Christ and the crimson flower |
Cusco |
The second part of March and the first week of April |
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Party of the crosses and Andean spirit |
Cusco |
May and/or June |
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The biggest indigenous pilgrimage in America |
Quispicanchis |
The first week of May |
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Music concerts of international and national groups |
Cusco |
Last week of May |
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Staging of Ollantay drama, dances and typical dishes |
Ollantaytambo |
The first part of June |
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The Inca festival of the Sun |
Cusco |
June 24 |
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The steps of the saints and the virgins |
Cusco |
June |
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Mamacha Carmen |
Paucartambo |
The second week (15-16) of July |
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A religious festivity |
Cusco |
July 25 |
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A religious festivity performed in the chapel of San Cristobal |
Cusco |
July 26 |
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A religious festivity performed in the chapel of Santa Ana |
Cusco |
August 2 |
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Dramatisation of Warachikuy in Sacsayhuaman |
Cusco |
August and/or September |
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A religious festivity celebrated in the church of Almudena |
Cusco |
September 8 |
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Pilgrimages and agriculture fairs |
San Salvador |
September 14 |
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A religious festivity celebrated in the district of San Jeronimo |
Cusco |
September 30 |
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Taurine fairs and preparation of Pachamancas |
Quispicanchis and Canchis |
October 10 |
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Visits to cemeteries, Preparation of the suckling pig |
Cusco |
November 1 – 2 |
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Time of integration and artistic splendor |
Cusco |
December 24-25 |
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The sale of saints |
Cusco |
December 24 |
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