Feast of Carnivals in Cusco

Feast of Carnivals in Cusco. Carnival is a festival that came to our country with the colony.

And it is very colorful events where water and joy always present.

Each region, province and district of our Peru has its way to celebrate and Cusco Andean traditions mingle with this party brought from the West.

The cusqueño Carnival has a movable date, but usually occurs between the months of February and March.

In this carnival of this part of the country, the tradition of other Peruvian towns where spends a week for the “Compadres” and another for “Wives” is followed.

Mode celebrations this week for two is typical and original in Cusco, during these weeks.

In the first visit to the gossips compadres, they are entertained by women. Yet they are victims of many jokes that these make them.

The next week will be the same, only in reverse. Carnival ceremonies of entertainment, there is a constant and traditional dish that is served, it is the famous pout or timpu.

While holding where Comadres and Compadres are present is the most traditional of Cusco.

There are also, within different provinces cusqueñas some elements added to the celebration of the carnival.

Among which can be found yunzas, they yunzas these are events in which you rounds of single and / or married dance around a tree.

Previously decorated and hung where different gifts are put there by the organizers.

The yunza ends when couples dancing around him manage to fell the tree with the help of axes they carry.

Tradition says that whoever tear down the tree will be responsible for the yunza of next year.

At the time of the carnival there are different powers, mainly the Corsicans where different villages face with their colorful floats, costumes and dances.

Feast of Carnivals in Cusco:

Those that keep still in force their own traditions of this Peruvian region.

And among them are the Carnival of Cusco, along with huaynos and the famous Carnaval de Tinta.

On this date also they carried out various gastronomic festivals where exquisite traditional dishes.

They are exhibited and offered for sale, including Timpu, stew, beans and Kapchi frutillada, among others.

Feast of Carnivals in Cusco. The day of the Santurantikuy in Cusco.