In the city of Puno, considered the “Folkloric Capital of Peru”, there are more than 250 dances that are practiced with certain regularity, although the National Institute of Culture only registers 140. Dances, songs, dresses and masks represent fabulous personages of centennial legends that make the folklore of Puno one of the richest in the continent. The enthusiasm of the people of Puno is contagious, it turns dance and music into an emotional language; this art has been in manifest permanently in the high flatland, where the inhabitant expresses his feelings with artistic creation.

The activity of the people of Puno is marked by their believes and rites that constitute a spiritual relation between man and God and with society, as to exist with sense and a reason to live. These rites manifest themselves in uncountable religious parties of traditional and colonial character, in honour to the Andean Gods and to honour the Virgin and other Patron Saints.

Rey Moreno

Ayarachi de Paratía