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The following is a list of public holidays in Peru. [1] [2] [3] Date English name Spanish Name; ... Santa Rosa de Lima: Día de Santa Rosa de Lima ... Christmas Day ...
Nov. 8—LIMA — It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the city of Lima. The Lima Fire Department put up the tree to kick off the holiday season. According to the Visit Greater Lima ...
LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA, a Peruvian airline company) that crashed in a thunderstorm en route from Lima to Pucallpa in Peru on 24 December 1971, killing 91 people – all six crew on board and 85 of its 86 passengers. [1]
In 2001, the Mesa Redonda shopping center, located in Central Lima, consisted largely of wood and adobe houses lining narrow streets. In December, fireworks merchants were known to sell their goods for holiday celebrations. [3] Wary of the danger, the municipal government of Lima declared the area an "emergency zone." [3]
30 August – Santa Rosa de Lima; 8 October – Battle of Angamos; 1 November – All Saints' Day; 8 December – Immaculate Conception; 9 December – Battle of Ayacucho; 25 December – Christmas Day
Takanakuy (Quechua for "to hit each other") [1] is an annual established practice of fighting fellow community members held on 25 December, by the inhabitants of Chumbivilcas Province, near Cuzco, in Peru. [2]
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Mesa Redonda is a shopping centre in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The area is surrounded by Huanta and Cuzco streets, as well as Abancay and Nicolás de Piérola avenues. [1] Known for its informality, its the site of a number of fires, notably that of 2001.