Eventos
The Inti Raymi or The Sun's Celebration
The Sun, the main God of the Inca Civilization was considered to be the creator of all that exists. It presided over the destinies of man and the universe...
Epiphany
A traditional Cusqueñan Christmas ends with the celebration of Epiphany, a typical live enactment of the arrival of the three wise kings on January 6th...
Cusquenian Carnival
Typical festivity characterized by the richness and variety of its dances, the singularity of its customs, like yunzas or cortamontes, and wide-spreadplaying with water, talc and mixes...
The Holy Week
Unlike the commemorations of Easter in other regions of the country, in Cusco Holy Monday is the day that acquires greater meaning...
Cruz Velakuy (The Night of May 2)
On the night of May 2nd every year, in every corner of the department and throughout Peru in general, the cross is watched over. One is to venerate the sacred wood on which Christ died, to redeem the world of its sins...
Cusquenian Corpus Christy
It is still repeated in our midst that this Cusqueñan celebration was instituted by the Virrey Francisco de Toledo in 1572. This mistake was originated by friar Francisco Maria Norato in his book “The Colonial...
The Cusquenians Festivities
In 1944 Humberto Vidal Unda was vice-president of the American Art Institute, a cultural institution that reunited artists, intellectuals, all committed to the tradition of Cusco, but also to its progress...
Patriot Day
Every year the Cusco Municipality elaborates a general programme for the celebration of this national fête, through the Municipal Enterprise for the Celebration of Fêtes...
All Saints
This celebration of the religious calendar is observed on November 1st in our culture, by all those who remain living in this terrestrial world, while on November 2nd homage is given to the...
The Santurantikuy, cusco's Popular Art Fair
In Cusco, the world-wide celebration of Christmas acquires a special form, because around it there are various unique activities. The city lives a festive atmosphere with the decoration of the balconies of the...
