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Alasitas Fair - Festival of the Crosses in Puno

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Beginning of May

In Puno the Festival of the Crosses and the Alasitas Fair are inseparably linked. While the main day is May 3 for both events, the fair, which has its origin in the indigenous Aymara culture, actually lasts 8 to 10 days.

The Funerary Towers of Sillustani

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Sitting proudly atop a hill overlooking Lake Umayo about 35 km (20 miles) from Puno in southern Peru, the Chullpas de Sillustani are above ground tower-like tombs built by the pre-Incan Qulla culture.

A herd of alpacas in their natural environment

National Alpaca Day – Dia Nacional del Alpaca

Peruvian Public Holidays and Festivities

Sunflower Updated October 20, 2018 5129 0 1 0 0

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01 August

On the 1st of August, Peru and here especially the southern highland regions of the country celebrate National Alpaca Day focusing on the small, fluffy camelid, honoring the challenging work of generations of Alpaca breeders and promoting the consumption and usage of Alpaca products.

Adventure Tourism Festival in Cuyo Cuyo, Puno, Peru 2017

Adventure Tourism Festival Cuyo Cuyo

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Sunflower Updated May 24, 2017 1407 0 1 0 0

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26 to 28 May 2017

For the second year the region of Puno celebrates the Adventure Tourism Festival in Cuyo Cuyo, Sandia about 5 hours from the city of Puno at the end of May for all adventure lovers and extreme sports enthusiasts.

Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival in Puno

Peruvian Public Holidays and Festivities

Sunflower Updated October 20, 2018 8089 1 1 0 0

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Beginning of February

Often referred to as the folkloric capital of Peru, Puno hosts the largest cultural festival with parades, music and dance performances, traditional costumes and lots of other activities each year at the beginning of February.

Festival of the Crosses - Fiesta de las Cruces in Peru

Peruvian Public Holidays and Festivities

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03 May

The Festival of the Crosses, also known as Cruces de Mayo (May Crosses Festival), was introduced to Peru by the Spaniards and is celebrated in Peru mostly in towns in the Andean highlands on May 3.

Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival in Puno

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Sunflower Updated February 05, 2017 2084 0 1 0 0

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03 to 08 February 2017

Often referred to as the folkloric capital of Peru, Puno hosts the largest cultural festival with parades, music and dance performances, traditional costumes and lots of other activities each year at the beginning of February merging Catholic traditions and age-old Andean customs, rites and symbols.

Carnival celebrations in Lima, Peru; photo: Nicolas Roberth Nichifor

Carnival in Peru

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Sunflower Updated October 20, 2018 10105 0 1 0 0

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All February

Throughout the month of February carnival is celebrated in Peru – a time full of fun, festivities, parades, balloon wars, merged together native and catholic traditions, food, music and dancing.

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					1 Mar Abierto Selvamonos 2020 After last year’s huge success of the Electro Selvamonos at Playa Salvaje near Paracas, this summer Selvamonos returns to the beach for their Mar Abierto festival. Carnival 2020 – Paint and Foam Party 09:00 PM After last year’s huge success, the largest Paint and Foam Party, where all the Peruvian carnival fun including music, colors and foam come together, returns to Lima’s C.C. Cocos for the Carnival 2020. Pisco Sour Day Pisco Sour – Peru’s National Drink – has its own day of celebration on the first Saturday of February. Date : Saturday, 01 February 2020	2 Mar Abierto Selvamonos 2020 After last year’s huge success of the Electro Selvamonos at Playa Salvaje near Paracas, this summer Selvamonos returns to the beach for their Mar Abierto festival. Carnaval en el Barrio 2020 08:00 PM It’s carnival in Peru and Carnaval en el Barrio returns. Expect a spectacular party with lots of great local music and of course paint. Museos Abiertos - Open Museums 2020 Museos Abiertos (Open Museums), an initiative of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture that allows Peruvians and foreign residents to visit more than 50 public museum, archaeological sites and historical places throughout the country free of charge each first Sunday of the month, continues in 2020. Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Date : Sunday, 02 February 2020
3 Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Date : Monday, 03 February 2020	4	5	6 Lima Calling! Fest 2020 – Summer edition 06:00 PM The Lima Calling Fest, the festival that gives promising bands an opportunity to perform live on stage in front of a larger audience, is back this February in a special summer edition. Date : Thursday, 06 February 2020	7 Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Lima Calling! Fest 2020 – Summer edition 06:00 PM The Lima Calling Fest, the festival that gives promising bands an opportunity to perform live on stage in front of a larger audience, is back this February in a special summer edition. Carnavalón de Barranco 2020 10:00 PM As every year the Carnavalón de Barranco, probably the best carnival party in town, returns in a new edition for the 2020 fun season in Lima. Afuera Fest in Lima 2020 After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands. Date : Friday, 07 February 2020	8 Shen Yun in Lima 2020 Shen Yun, a New York-based performing-arts and music company that tours the world with large-scale dance performances featuring classical Chinese dance, offers their latest show in Lima in February 2020. Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Date : Saturday, 08 February 2020	9 Shen Yun in Lima 2020 Shen Yun, a New York-based performing-arts and music company that tours the world with large-scale dance performances featuring classical Chinese dance, offers their latest show in Lima in February 2020. Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Date : Sunday, 09 February 2020
10 Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Date : Monday, 10 February 2020	11 Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020 The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11. Date : Tuesday, 11 February 2020	12	13 Afuera Fest in Lima 2020 After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands. Date : Thursday, 13 February 2020	14 Valentine's Day in Peru Just like in numerous countries around the globe, on February 14 Peru celebrates Valentine’s Day, the day of love, romance and passion. Date : Friday, 14 February 2020	15 Shen Yun in Lima 2020 Shen Yun, a New York-based performing-arts and music company that tours the world with large-scale dance performances featuring classical Chinese dance, offers their latest show in Lima in February 2020. The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020 05:30 PM As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera. Cultura en Arena – Culture in Sand 2020 in Lima The Peruvian Ministry of Culture invites to the first Cultura en Arena (Culture in Sand) event of this year held at the Playa Agua Dulce in Chorrillos, Lima in mid-February. Date : Saturday, 15 February 2020	16 Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020 05:30 PM As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera. Date : Sunday, 16 February 2020
17 Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. Date : Monday, 17 February 2020	18 Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. Date : Tuesday, 18 February 2020	19 Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. Date : Wednesday, 19 February 2020	20 Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. Afuera Fest in Lima 2020 After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands. Date : Thursday, 20 February 2020	21 Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. Date : Friday, 21 February 2020	22 Carnival of Cajamarca 2020 Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26. Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020 05:30 PM As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera. Pablo Alborán in Lima 2020 09:00 PM Top-selling Spanish singer and songwriter Pablo Alborán is on tour again coming to Lima in February 2020 just days before participating in the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile. Date : Saturday, 22 February 2020	23 Carnival of Cajamarca 2020 Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26. Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition. The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020 05:30 PM As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera. Date : Sunday, 23 February 2020
24 Carnival of Cajamarca 2020 Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26. Date : Monday, 24 February 2020	25 Carnival of Cajamarca 2020 Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26. Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020 The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February. Date : Tuesday, 25 February 2020	26 Carnival of Cajamarca 2020 Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26. Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020 The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February. Date : Wednesday, 26 February 2020	27 Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020 The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February. Afuera Fest in Lima 2020 After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands. Date : Thursday, 27 February 2020	28 Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020 The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February. Craft Beer Workshop Red Cervecera Perú in Barranco, Lima starts 2020 with a new edition of their Craft Beer Workshop for those interested to learn in theory and practice how to make a good home brew. Date : Friday, 28 February 2020	29 Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020 The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February. Craft Beer Workshop Red Cervecera Perú in Barranco, Lima starts 2020 with a new edition of their Craft Beer Workshop for those interested to learn in theory and practice how to make a good home brew. Alternativo Music Festival 6 in Lima 2020 11:00 AM After the huge success of last year’s December edition which took place on two days, the Alternativo Music Festival is back to normal in its 6th edition at the end of February. Date : Saturday, 29 February 2020

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