Photo credit: Scott Montgomery
Los K’achampas are just one of 12 dance groups to perform for the festival. Each group has its own dress, dance, and tradition. Additionally, each group has its own band to accompany it. (Photo credit: Scott Montgomery)
One of the dozens of bands to play at the festival. Harp, mandolin, fiddle, quena, drums. Photo credit: Scott Montgomery
“Los Majeños” pose before their dance. The man on the left is dressed as a typical Majeño. Notice his large nose, which is typical when satirizing those of colonial descent. (Photo credit: Scott Montgomery)
“The majeños were businessmen who sold liquor, but they come from a town that is called ‘Majes’ in Arequipa. They came to Cusco with their liquor, with their pisco (a type of alcohol) to do business; businessmen who came on horseback. So we have their dress with a leather jacket, sombrero, chaps and pants that are typical. With thick belts, shawls, and boots. And the mask [with a large nose like Pinocchio], that satirizes the majeños, no?”
Photo credit: Scott Montgomery
We like to dance. We have a devotion to the Virgin, therefore we dance. Most of us have already been doing this for 6 years, 7 years.
“Los Sillkas de Pisic”. In this dance, with origins in the colonial period, the participants satirize the corrupt colonial judges and the unjust legal system against indigenous people. (Photo credit: Scott Montgomery)
“Qhapaq Negro” dancers, who represent enslaved Africans at the hands of European powers. (Photo: Scott Montgomery)
The statue of the Virgen of Carmen being carried through the street on the first day of the festival. (Photo: Scott Montgomery)
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