UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – 2017 https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01182 Description: During the ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita, participants procure ‘good luck’ miniatures associated with Ekeko, the city’s beneficient god of fertility; this is followed by their consecration with Andean ritualists or their blessing by the Catholic Church. The practice […]Read More
Chile se comprometió, mediante la suscripción de un acuerdo interinstitucional, a devolver 720 libros pertenecientes a la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú.Read More
“The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire” (http://americanindian.si.edu/inkaroad/), on view at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., through June 1, 2018. Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inka engineering techniques to rebuild the Q’eswachaka Bridge. The old bridge is taken down and the […]Read More
National Geographic / Published on Mar 8, 2017 Pachacamac is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the longest inhabited ancient settlements in the Americas. An important religious center, the vast complex is today just 30 miles outside of the Lima, the most populous city in Peru. As a result, Pachacamac faces the threat […]Read More