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San Blas’ Handicraft Fair
San Blas’ Handicraft Fair By Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara (translated by David Knowlton) One Saturday I went to the ancient neighborhood of San Blas, known for its handicrafts. As I walked through its...
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Lovely Sellers on the Pisac Path
A Woman and her Daughter Selling Bracelets on the Path to the Pisac Complex By Walter Coraza Morveli (Translated by David Knowlton) On the way to tourist attractions, such as the fifteenth century Inca...
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Peruvians Make a Home in the United States
Flyer for Lord of MIracles Procession By David Knowlton Peruvian food is not the only import from Peru that is taking hold in the United States and elsewhere. A significant population of Peruvians also...
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Backpackers Bring Color to Cuzco
Travelers Selling their Wares, Plaza de San Blas By Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara (translated by David Knowlton) Backpackers throng to Cuzco. The luggage bands at the airport fill with their often...
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The Artisans Fair of San Blas Enthralls on Weekends
Handicraft Dolls San Blas is historically a neighborhood of artisans. That is its tradition from time immemorial. On Fridays and Saturdays they get together in a fair and display their crafts to the...
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Francisco Mendivil, With my Long Neck I Can See You Better.
Mendívil’s Classic Long Necks (Photo: Clark) By Gabriela Filgueira (translated by David Knowlton) I got my first Mendívils’ three years ago, on my first trip to Cuzco. In subsequent travels my Buenos...
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San Pedro Market Charms with Local Food
Selling Fruit in San Pedro Market (Photo Wayra) By Arnold Fernandez Coraza (translated by David Knowlton) Despite the growth of supermarkets, Cuzco is still a city of open-air, neighborhood markets. In...
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Despite Ups and Downs Handicrafts Give Work in Cuzco
Artisanal Fair in Pisac, Cuzco. By Arnold Fernandez Coraza In Cuzco today, many people dedicate themselves to the art of handicrafts. This is because so many tourists come to Cuzco and, as a result,...
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A Town Painted the Color of Joy
By Gabriela Filgueira Jandel at Work (Photo: Milton Rodríguez) In the province of Huarochirí about midway up the Lurin River Valley, some 60 kilometers from Lima, you will find Antioquía. Visiting it...
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Roaming the Peruvian Amazon, Aguaje Oil, and a Very Living Jungle
The Selva Viva Boat (Manolo del Castillo) By Gabriela Filgueira The community of January 20th (20 de Enero) is one of many within the Reserva Nacional Pacaya (the Pacaya National Preserve) in the...
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A Christmas Market (Santurantikuy) fills Cuzco’s Plaza Today
A Nacimiento (Walter Coraza Morveli) David Knowlton Thick clouds stipple the sky, heavy with moisture. From above Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas also looks to have filled with clouds, only under these you will...
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The Parche Makes the Craftsman and His Travels
Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara Travelers with Their Parches in the Plaza de Armas (Walter Coraza Morveli) Macramé threads and wires of different colors, whether silver copper or with some other metal, and...
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A World of Handicrafts in Cusco
Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara San Blas’ Handicraft Fair Handicrafts come to Cuzco from all of Peru’s three regions, its coast, mountains, and jungle. Because the city is cosmopolitan, travelers who come...
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A Day in Pisac
On a morning with blue sky and sun, Walter, Edwin and I left the city of Cusco for the magical town of Pisac. Everything there seems retained in time. The different colors of the people’s dress along...
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The Marvelous Hatun Rumiyoc Street
Let’s get to know the Hatun Rumiyoc (great rock) and the admirable Inca architecture found along almost the whole street. This street is a single block. It is found near Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas. To get...
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