Palm Sunday is one of the activities that are carried out as celebration of Holy Week. On this date it is remembered the arrival of Jesus to Jerusalem riding a donkey, where he is welcomed with cheers and palm branches. The celebration of Palm Sunday is recognized on a worldwide basis for which is celebrated in ...[+]

The entire Cusco population celebrates Corpus Christi on Thursday of the ninth week prior to Easter Sunday, exactly the 60th day after said Sunday. On this date they bring homage to the Body of Christ in the Eucharist. Corpus Christi, is the celebration where fifteen saints and virgins from different districts in Cusco, come to the ...[+]

It is said that the legend of the pink dolphin is very different and opposite to many others  that have been related through the years. In the Amazon it is believed that the pink dolphin has super powers, as to change its image to that of an attractive and beautiful man. It is said that these ...[+]

A good way to approach the intrinsic world of a community and its inhabitants is through the tradition, of its stories, myths and legends. It is so that in Cusco a myth has been woven: “The myth of the condor”. It is told that there was once, in a cusquean community, a man that ...[+]

The pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Sir of Qoyllur Rit’i is a traditional festivity of the zone of Ocongate in Cuzco.  This convenes many groups of people from the Andean zones of Peru and Bolivia who walk during several days until they arrive at the foot of the snow-covered Qoyllur Rit’i, where the above ...[+]

The city of Cuzco’s current flag is composed of different stripes that range from the colors red to violet: the whole spectrum of the rainbow. This flag was adopted as such due to the fact that it was the flag of the Inca empire, however, diverse studies have demonstrated that the ...[+]

Near the shores of Lake Titicaca, a few hours from Juliaca, department of Puno, one may see in the horizon uncommon structures made from plants where Urus, who are said to be the most ancient residents of this Peruvian zone,  reside above them. Tourism has spoken a lot about the Urus, creating a myth whereby it ...[+]