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Events and festivals

The Easter and Christmas holidays are the most important national celebrations, but there is a conglomeration of secular holidays in July, including Fiestas Patrias (end July); National Independence Day on the 28th (a day of creole music partying and the best of the Peruvian cuisine); and Armed Forces Day on the 29th.

Of the innumerable local cultural festivals, the southeastern town of Puno offers La Fiesta de la Virgen de La Candelaria being perhaps the most varied and colorful one.

In Cusco La Fiesta del Dios Sol or Inti Raymi celebrated in June 24th is well-renowned among the visitors of all parts of the world.

Carnival time (generally late Feb) is lively almost everywhere in the country, with fiestas held every Sunday - a wholesale license to throw water at everyone generally go crazy.

Besides regional and wholecountry celebrations, from small indigenous communities to big cities have their own saint or patron (religious image) to worship at town or village parties.

These celebrations often mean a great deal to local people, and sometimes can be much more fun than larger countrywide activities.

Religious parades, music, dancing in extravagant costumes, eating and drinking form an inseparable behavior of these parties.

Several historical facts are performed by local people on symbolic dramas, meanwhile visitors can enjoy this eclectic human explosion of energy and noise, shining colors and a blended pagan symbolism.