Festivity: The Pachamama Day (Mother Earth)

Departament: Cusco
Date: 1
Place: Cusco
Description: Ancestral rite within the Andean cosmovision, the mother earth occupies an important place and to her it must surrender cultured and tribute with the payment to the mother earth or "pacha mama". The ceremony begins the night of the 1 of August with the preparation and burns of offerings. The rite implies reciprocity, at the same time that cult is offered to the deity, it is forced to grant thanks to her believers.

Festivity: Arequipa Anniversary

Departament: Arequipa
Date: 15
Place: Arequipa
Description: Celebrated with serenades, parades of the friendship and fairs with spectacles, etc.