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Señor de los Milagros Bullfight Festival
The all-important Señor de los Milagros Bullfight Festival packs Lima's Plaza de Acho bullring every Sunday in November. The Escapulario de Oro prize goes to the most skilful matador and the…
The three magi may have a busy night from 5-6 January, but they still find the time to stage a curious little race every year, way up on the highest slopes of the Andes mountains.
The northern towns of Morrope and Illimo in Cajamarca stage masked processions and pageants to celebrate the day of Reyes Magos, a popular cultural tradition in Hispanoamerica, better known as…
Festival de Sor Ana de Los Angeles de Monteagudo
The Festival de Sor Ana de Los Angeles de Monteagudo celebrates the patron saint of the Santa Catalina monastery, located in the centre of Arequipa. It takes place in the heart of this…
The Anniversary of the Founding of Lima
The founding of Lima, the "City of Kings", in 1535 is celebrated feverishly every year on 18 January. In the Plaza de Armas, dance and music concerts featuring Peruvian stars kick start…
Highlights of this festival in Trujillo include the city's annual beauty contest, the legendary caballos de pasa horse displays and, last but not least, one of the great cornerstones of…
The Inca Trail is an ancient roadway that winds through the Peruvian mountains high above the Urubamba River, following a route leading to the "lost" city of Machu Picchu.
The rich historical traditions of the Aymara and the Quechua converge for the Virgen de la Candelaria festivities. Devils dance in the streets of Puno and musicians and dancers, locals and…
Tucume Carnival and Fiesta de La Purísima Concepción
This carnival of devil dancers takes place in the town of Tucume, 15 minutes' walk from an ancient city, a complex of some 26 pyramids and various burial sites that date back to AD 1000.
Cajamarca, capital of the Peruvian carnival, hosts massive celebrations with unrivalled enthusiasm and numerous colourful local peculiarities. If you're interested in a different flavour of…
Ica, Peru's viticultural capital, has many vineyards and bodegas (wine cellars), the fruits of which can be sampled at its annual harvest festival, the Festival Internacional de la Vendimia Iqueña.
Holy Week in Chiclayo (Semana Santa)
The villages scattered around Chiclayo in northern Peru host spectacular Holy Week celebrations. Processions feature wooden pasos, platforms for statues of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary…
Holy Week in Ayacucho (Semana Santa)
Holy Week in Ayacucho is one of the most eventful Semana Santa festivals to take place in Peru. Horse races, street paintings, candlelit processions awash with hooded, purple-cloaked figures…
Holy Week in Arequipa (Semana Santa)
The celebrations for Holy Week in the picturesque colonial town of Arequipa are some of the best to visit in Peru. Penintents vent their anger by the burning of effigies of Judas in two of the…
Holy Week in Huaraz (Semana Santa)
Holy Week in Huaraz charts the biblical events in the last days in the life of Jesus Christ with utmost realism. One of the highlights is a re-enactment of the drama of Golgotha, which is…
Fiesta del Señor de los Temblores
See a radical new side of Jesus on Easter Monday in Cuzco, Peru, as the city celebrates Taitacha Temblores, the Black Lord of Earthquakes.
This Velación de la Cruz or Fiesta de las cruces in Cuzco bears little resemblance to anything you'll ever see in Europe: indigenous traditions transform the Holy Cross into a figure that is…
Like Semana Santa, Corpus Christi sees processions pass through Cuzco bearing effigies of Christ and the Virgin Mary. The statues are often noted for their beautiful costumes. It is not…
Set on the day of the Southern Hemisphere's Winter Solstice, the festival of Inti Raymi is held at the fortress-city of Sacsayhuamán, Cuzco. The festival pays homage to the Inca ancestral gods…
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
At the Feast of Saint John the Baptist in Huaytará, going to bed doesn't feature. The village is near the famous birthplace of Pisco, Peru's national tipple, and bull fights, dancing…
