Lake Titicaca and the party of Candelaria (PC6)

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The city Puno which is located at the banks of the Titicaclake at 3,870 meters above sea level and is during 18 days (From the 1st of February till the 18th of February) the folcloric capital of America. In the festival partipate around 200 musicgroups and dansers. The first 9 days the butlers (that are ordered to organize the festival) decorate the church and listen to the mass. Afterwards they go to different banquets and to fire displays.

The main day, the 2nd of February, the virgin is carried towards the city in a very colorful procession. This is the moment that all musicians are going to play and all dansers are going to dance throught the streets of Puno. The festival is linked to the pre-Hispanic agricultural cycles of sowing and harvesting, as well as mining activities in the region. It is the result of a blend of respectful Aymara gaiety and ancestral Quechua seriousness.

The dance of the demons, or diablada, the main dance of the festival, was allegedly dreamed up by a group of miners trapped down a mine who, in their desperation, resigned their souls to the Virgen de la Candelaria. The dancers, blowing zampoña pan-pipes and clad in spectacular costumes and outlandish masks, make their offerings to the earth goddess Pachamama. The most impressive masks, for their terrifying aspect, are those of the deer fitted with long twisted horns similar to the Devil, and Jacancho, the god of minerals. During the farewell, or cacharpari, the dancers who fill the streets finally head to the cemetery to render homage to the dead.



8:00 P.M: Pick up at the school Amauta to go to the bus station to go to Puno. Saturday 7 February: At the top of the city Puno, at approximately 4:30 A.M. we go to our hotel to take some rest. We will have the morning free to walk through the city and to see the preparatory and processions. At 2:00 P.M. we leave to Sillustani. You will be picked up at your hotel. Sillustani is an archeological site that is one of the most important churchyards of South America. It is a churchyard with a height of more than 12 meter. At 8:00 P.M. we will enjoy a delicious dinner with a show. Sunday 8 February: Excursion to the islands Uros, Amantaní and Taquile (vernight in Amantaní) Monday 9 February: Towards Taquile.. First Option: Return to Cusco at 8:00 P.M. , ( at approximately 4.30 A.M. we arrive in Cusco). Second Option: We go back to our hotel in Puno where we will spend the night. Tuesday 10 February: At 8:00 A.M. we leave towards Copacabana by tourbus where we arrive at around 12:30 P.M. (Bolivian time). Immediatey we are going to make a tour at 13:30 P.M. to Isla del Sol. At approximately 5:30 P.M. we will be back and we will go to the bus station to return to Puno. In Puno we overnight in a hotel. Wednesday 11 February: At 7:30 A.M. we arrive in Cusco.

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Leaving: EVERY 6TH OF FEBRUARY
Transport: BY BUS AND BOAT
Length: 6 days
Price 2007: Please contact us

Bring With You

Raincoat;

money for food;

photo camara;

film camera;

clothes

Included	Not Included
Transport for the round trip; bilingual guide for the excursions; all meals at the islands in Puno; dinner show; accommodation in Puno and Copacabana; 2 nights in a hotel in Puno (first option); 4 nights in a hotel in Puno (second option);	Breakfast; lunch