Cusco Peru Festivities

6 January Slope of Kings Folkloric and religious festival Ollantaytambo
Until 6 January Typical Births Exhibitions of typical birth in churches and homes of Cusco Cusco
20 January The Chiaraje A ritual battle Canas
February and/or March Carnivals Party for happiness Cusco
The 3th. or 4th week of March and the first week of April Holy Week The brown Christ and religious festivities Cusco
May and/or June Cruz Velacuy Party of the crosses and Andean spirit Cusco
The first week of May Qoyllur Rit’i The biggest indigenous pilgrimage in America Quispicanchis
Last week of May Cusco Beer Festival Music concerts of international and national groups Cusco
The first part of June Festival of OllantayRaymi Staging of Ollantay drama, dances and typical dishes Ollantaytambo
24 of June Inti Raymi The Inca festival of the Sun Cusco
June Corpus Christi The steps of the saints and the virgins Cusco
16 of July Virgin of the Carmen Mamacha Carmen Paucartambo
August and/or September Warachikuy Dramatisation of Warachikuy in Sacsayhuaman Cusco
14 September Lord of Huanca Pilgrimages and agriculture fairs San Salvador
10 October Virgin of the Rosary Taurine fairs and preparation of Pachamancas Quispicanchis and
Canchis
1 - 2 November All the Saints' Day Visits to cemeteries, Preparationj of the suckling pig Cusco
24-25 December Christmas in Cusco Time of integration and artistic splendour Cusco
24 December Santuranticuy Fair The sale of saints Cusco