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The Trujillo Spring Festival [1] [2] is a festival and cultural event that takes place in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, between the end of September and beginning of October each year. This spring festival is considered one of the most representative of Trujillo city and honors its nickname of City of the everlasting spring .
During Trujillo marinera festival in January of every year there is also peruvian paso contest. [7] Trujillo is known and considered as the Cradle of the typical Peruvian Paso Horse [8] as well as the Capital of Culture of Peru [9] so as the Capital of the Marinera dance, which is one of the most important cultural events in the country.
Quyllurit'i or Qoyllur Rit'i (Quechua quyllu rit'i, quyllu bright white, rit'i snow, "bright white snow," [1]) is a syncretic religious festival held annually at the Sinakara Valley in the southern highlands Cusco Region of Peru. Local indigenous people of the Andes know this festival as a native celebration of the stars.
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Great Military Parade of Peru; Guaripola; Independence Day of Trujillo; International Ballet Festival of Trujillo (dance) International Festival of Lyric Singing (music) Inti Raymi; Lima Film Festival (film) Lord of Huaman Festival; Lord of Miracles; Miss La Libertad; Pachamama Raymi; Quyllur Rit'i; San José Festival; T'anta Raymi; Toro de ...
Street band from Peru performing El Cóndor Pasa in Tokyo. Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America.. Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by Quechuas (originally from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile), Aymaras (originally from Bolivia), and other peoples who lived roughly in the area of the Inca Empire prior to European contact.
The Peruvian word langosta translates to locust, and this costume is made to resemble one due to a locust swarm in the 1940s destroying much of Chumbivilca's crops. [5] The outfit is made from a bright colored raincoat and pants meant to mimic the shiny abdomen of the locust, and sometimes worn with a plastic miner's helmet or a dead bird tied ...
Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, while the African influences can be heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and European influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments.