"Cruz Velacuy"
2 di Maggio
Religious-pagan festivity, takes place in the country during the night, where the crosses in the hills are venerated, during all night until the next morning these crosses are taken to the churches afterwards.
"Qoyllorite"
Primera semana de luna llena de Giugno
Religious-pagan festivity, in which the peasants attend with their families and an image of the lord of Qoyllorite, joining in a pilgrimage to the snowy mountain "Qoyllorite". The men climb to its peak and should return with big pieces of ice blocks over their back in order to receive blessings. Folkloric dances, processions. During the celebration of this feast it is prohibited to drink alcoholic beverages and also to have sexual contact, which is a common characteristic in the festivities of the Andes.
"Corpus Christi"
11 di Giugno
All towns of Cusco participate. It is the most important religious festivity, in which saints and virgins images are taken from all the churches to visit the image of Christ in the Cathedral. The processions, the street decorations, the fervor of the citizens are an indescribable show.
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