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We hope you spent joyful holidays, now it is time to start the new year with full batteries. We are anxious to keep showing you the wonders Peru have to offer.
In this delivery and because the date, we decided to dedicate the main articule to the Carnival, during February the mountains celebrate this festivity in many ways, the Cajamarca one is the most colorful, we tried to introduce you just a little bit to this exciting experience. Then a trip to the past, the history of the sinner Zaña city, a legend that untill today makes chilled the skin.
As you may see, we have a lot yet, and we hope during this year you still letting us share our beautiful country with you!
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José and Cynthia
From the second half of February to the first week of March Peruvian carnivals are marked by the festive character of Andean areas, which regularly break with their solemn traditions.Historically, Cajamarca is one of the most important regions of Peru. The Spanish conquest of its capital, also called Cajamarca, marked the downfall of the magnificent Inca Empire and the beginning of the colonial era. Spanish chroniclers of the 18th century described the capital city as "large and beautiful." That has not changed, despite the bloody stain left by the Spanish conquest of this region. Visitors to Cajamarca cannot avoid hearing about the demise of the Tahuantinsuyo, as the Inca Empire was known.
Carnival time in Cajamarca city is among the most famous festivals in February in Peru. The townspeople are an easy-going, amiable folk, and carnival time involves entire neighborhoods and institutions until the end of the festival, when the participants symbolically bury Ño Carnavalón, the king of the carnival. The celebrations go on for around a month, but there are eight main days, when participants are often doused with water.
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Nearby Chiclayo city, at nothern part of Peru, is located the rests of what Zaña city was, an important colonial city founded by rich spaniards during 1536.ña became a place where important people set their mansions, and also largest and wonderful churches, one more beautiful tha the other, it seems that there were some kind of competition between the most important religious orders.One hundred and fifty years before its foundation, the city was laid because a river flood. As always the clerics, wanted to justify the natural phenomenon, wich devastated the city, blaming the balck slaves. According to them, because the licentiousness life the slaves had, their music and dances were the reason why God punished the city, beeing the poor whites masters also damaged.
The dance the slaves coming from Angola practiced in the sheds was the "Lundú", wich seemed to be the staging of the sexual act. This kind of obscenity must had desperate the priests and catholics, and they found the prefect excuse to put things under control.
Kofi Annan: Cuzco has much to offer the worldUN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Cuzco during his two-day visit to Peru. The deep braying of the pututo trumpets welcomed Annan upon his arrival in the centuries-old Inca city. Annan was impressed with the majestic views of the archaeological site, a Mankind Heritage Site.
Accompanied by his wife Nane Lagergren, Annan took part in an offering to the earth goddess, explored the Machu Picchu sanctuary and met with indigenous leaders. Annan was declared an illustrious visitor and was conferred the Gold Medal by Regional Cuzco government. After expressing his gratitude for the medals received, Annan promised to visit Cuzco again, saying Cuzco "Has much to offer the world".
Peru Rail exclusive service Tourists visiting Machu Picchu will now have the chance to travel in luxury on the Hiram Bingham. The train service provides tourists with all the comfort and service of a five-fork restaurant. From the comfortable setting of the train, travelers can take in the breath-taking scenery.
The exclusive service run by Peru Rail, railway operator associated with the Orient Express, leaves from the Poroy station in Cuzco and takes three-and-a-half hours to get to the Inca citadel. When the train sets off, the menu is presented to each of the passengers so as to be able take their order. The menu features a variety of international dishes cooked with local ingredients.
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