Cusco Peru Travel Agency

Cusco Peru Tour Operator

Festivities

Dates	Party	Description	Place
6 January	Slope of Kings	Folkloric and religious festival	Ollantaytambo
Until 6 January	Typical Births	Exhibitions of typical birth in churches and homes of Cusco	Cusco
20 January	The Chiaraje	A ritual battle	Canas
February and/or March	Carnivals	Party for happiness	Cusco
The 3th. or 4th week of March and the first week of April	Holy Week	The brown Christ and religious festivities	Cusco
May and/or June	Cruz Velacuy	Party of the crosses and Andean spirit	Cusco
The first week of May	Qoyllur Rit’i	The biggest indigenous pilgrimage in America	Quispicanchis
Last week of May	Cusco Beer Festival	Music concerts of international and national groups	Cusco
The first part of June	Festival of OllantayRaymi	Staging of Ollantay drama, dances and typical dishes	Ollantaytambo
24 of June	Inti Raymi	The Inca festival of the Sun	Cusco
June	Corpus Christi	The steps of the saints and the virgins	Cusco
16 of July	Virgin of the Carmen	Mamacha Carmen	Paucartambo
August and/or September	Warachikuy	Dramatisation of Warachikuy in Sacsayhuaman	Cusco
14 September	Lord of Huanca	Pilgrimages and agriculture fairs	San Salvador
10 October	Virgin of the Rosary	Taurine fairs and preparation of Pachamancas	Quispicanchis and Canchis
1 - 2 November	All the Saints' Day	Visits to cemeteries, Preparationj of the suckling pig	Cusco
24-25 December	Christmas in Cusco	Time of integration and artistic splendour	Cusco
24 December	Santuranticuy Fair	The sale of saints	Cusco