Customs, Entertainment and Holidays

• Peru is generally a man's world and the Hispanic concept of machismo which defines masculine attributes and the firm belief in male superiority is paramount.

• January 1            New years day

• January 6            Epiphany

• February             First two weeks Candle as Festival  The Fiesta de la Candelaria in Puno.

• February-march   Carnival

• March-April         Easter, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday

• May 1                  Labor Day

• June                     (ninth Thursday after Easter) Corpus Cristi.

• June 24                Inti Raymi in Cuzco

• June 29                Saints Peter and Paul

• June 28-29          Independence days

• August 15            Feast of the assumption

• August 30            Santa Rosa of lima, patron of Peru

• October 8            Battle of Angamos 

• October 18          Lord of Miracles in Lima

• November 8         All saints day

• December 8         feast of the Immaculate Conception

• December 25       Christmas

• During the celebrations people eat and dance.

•  Most people wear western cloths that are made of sheep's wool and there skin 
  

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