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Procession In Cusco

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June 23rd 2006
In Peru just about everybody parades at least once a year. The police, teachers, printers, travel agents, cobblers, street lighting repairers, morticians, manicurists & other obscure professions all take part in processions. Today it was our turn as we were working for the Institute Nacional de Cultura & all the INC employees from the Cusco region were parading up the Avenida El Sol. I had been t ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more