The Cultural Edge

The spirit of Peruvians is nurtured by the arts and traditions of pre-columbine cultures and the successive waves of immigrants -European, African, and Asian- that disembarked here since the Spanish conquest. Today, Peru is home both to exceptional contemporary artists and to one of the most varied folk legacies on Earth.
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Festivals, Festivities & Art Classics

From January to December, a selection of the best festivities country-wide.

Andean Chillout: Café Inkaterra is probably the first fusion of native melodies and instruments of the Andes and Amazon basin with electronic music.

Peru's top photographer, Martín Chambi captured the essence of Andean Peru as nobody has.

The Art of Peruvian Cuisine, a 110-recipe anthology by Tony Custer, absolutely essential.

From a conversation in a tumbledown bar, Vargas Llosa recounts a whole period in Peru's recent history: the infamous 8-year dictatorship by General Odría. Conversation in The Cathedral, one of the best novels by Vargas Llosa, is a fresh and ever-present portrait of Peruvian society.

Check our newest festivities trip reports: Marinera dance festival in Trujillo and Lima, Candelaria Festival in Huanchaco, and the famous Inti Raymi festival in Cusco. 


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Visit Lima centre for an intense immersion in the architecture of the Colonial period. And in Cusco, be sure not to miss one of the finest examples in the continent of colonial baroque architecture: La Compañía Church.