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Umuto Dance (Photo: J.
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Cusco's Dance (Photo: PromPerú)
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Cusco's natives (Photo: J.L. Tord)
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Tinta's dancers (Photo: J.
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Ceramic crafts (Photo: J.
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Pucartambo's Dancers
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Cusco's natives
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Cusco Travel
Guide > Calendar of Feasts - Cusco |
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Calendar of
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"Fiesta de Ollantaytambo"
(Ollantaytambo´s Feast)
January
6
Ollantaytambo, Feast that celebrates the
"Reyes Magos" (Magic Kings), religious processions,
great folkloric dances.
"Fiesta de San Sebastián"
(San
Sebastian´s Feast)
January 20
San
Sebastian, religious feast of the town's patron, great
folkloric dances and invitation of food and fruit.
"Carnavales"
(Carnivals)
February
Great
colorful feast and folkloric dances.
"Cruz Velacuy"
May
2 Religious-pagan feast, takes place in the
country during the night, where the crosses in the hills
are venerated, during the next morning these crosses are
taken to the churches.
"Corpus of Coyllorite" First week of full
moon in June Religious-pagan festivity, in
which the peasant attend with their family and an image
of the lord of Coyllorite, joining in a pilgrimage to
the snowy mountain "Coyllorite". The men climb to its
peak and should return with big pieces of ice blocks
over their back in order to receive blessings. Folkloric
dances, processions. During the celebration of this
feast it is prohibited to drink alcoholic beverages and
also to have sexual contact, that is a common
characteristic in the festivities of the Andes.
"Corpus Christi" June
11 Participate all the towns and cusco. Is
the most important religious feast, in which all the
saints and virgins images are taken from the churches to
visit the image of Christ that is in the Cathedral. The
processions, the street decorations, the fervor of the
citizens are an indescribable show.
"Inti
Raymi"
June 24 The most important
folkloric expression of Cusco.
"Feria Tikaranticuy" (Tikaranticuy
Fair)
December 23 Cusco, ornamental, medical and
wild plants fair a colorful show.
"Feria Santuranticuy" (Santuranticuy
Fair)
December 24 Cusco, colonial
origin fair, it congregates hundreds of craftsmen in the
Main Square, exposition and commercialization of crafts.
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