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Celebrations and Traditions |
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The festejo, the Vals Criollo, the Sikuri, the Huaylas, the
Carnaval, the Santiago, the Haravi, the dance of scissors, the Chicha and the
Cumbia Peruana.
Calendary of the main Festivals
January.-
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July.-
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- New Year festivities (Año Nuevo)
- Bajada de Reyes
- Marinera Festival
- Lima week, anniversary of the city
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- Paucartambo: Homage to the Virgin of Carmen, from 15th to the 17th
of July.
- National day of Pisco (grape brandy), a mestizo product and symbol
of cultural identity.
- On the 28th. Independence Day celebrations throughout the country.
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February.-
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August.-
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- First week. The fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria in Puno, this
is a splendid folkloric festival.
- Carnival
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- From the 15th to 22nd, Festival of Arequipa
- From the 21st to the 31st. Negro Art festival in Cañete, songs and
dances.
- 30th. Fiesta de Santa Rosa, the patron saint of Lima.
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March.-
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September.-
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- Fiesta of the Virgen of Natividad
- The spring and youth festival in Trujillo
- Warachicuy, Festival where children became adults.
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April.-
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October.-
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- Semana Santa (the Holy week)
- National competition of the Peruvian horses
- Adventure Festival in Cotahuasi
- Easter week in Ayacucho, the most impressive and typical of the
religious celebrations in the country.
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- The procession of the Señor de los Milagros, the patron Saint of
Lima.
- Bullfight festival during the last two weeks of the month, at the
Plaza de Acho (Lima´s bullring)
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May.-
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November.-
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- 1st. All Saints Day. First week, re-creation of the legend on the
founders of the Inka empire emerging from Lake Titicaca in Puno.
- Day of Ayacucho songs
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June.-
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December.-
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- Fiestas in Cusco
- Corpus Christi in Cusco and Cajamarca. Magnificent processions
- Qoylluriti, Snow Star festival
- Festival of San Juan in Iquitos
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