The Peru festivals are numerous and you won't feel the whole glory of this amazing country while you do not take part in at least one of them. Peru festivals will add extra colour and good mood in your vacation. Every year, around 3,000 Peruvian festivals are celebrated, and many of them are mixed with Spanish religious influence. You will really appreciate them. They are full of songs, dances, drinking and singing. Peru is an agricultural country as well, and the agricultural and myth-related festivals are celebrated all the year round.

Read the following article to examine the festival calendar and to choose the festivals you want to visit, find the best for you hotel in Peru and enjoy a great vacation.

If you are going to be in Cusco at the end of June, you might want to book accommodations at one of the Cusco hotels well in advance. The second-largest South American festival, after Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Inti Raymi reenacts an Inca ceremony that was intended to pay homage to the Inca gods, most prominently of which figured the sun god, Inti. The first Inca king, Manco Capac, was borne of the sun god and rose from Lake Titicaca to found the Inca Empire at Cusco. In the southern hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs between June 21 and June 24, and these days are the shortest of the year. Fearing that their beloved sun might be preparing to abandon them, the Inca organized the Inti Raymi celebration to honor and appease it. Actors and native descendants have been putting on an elaborate re-creation in Cusco on June 24. Free to the public, the main Inti Raymi festivities are centered at the ruins of Sacsayhuamán, with concerts and celebrations taking place on the days leading up to and following June 24. For this period most of the hotels in Peru are overcrowded by hundreds of tourists coming to joint this remarkable event so it would be a great idea to book online Peru hotel in advance.
One more interesting Cusco festival is the celebration of Corpus Christi. This celebration begins 60 days after Easter Sunday, thus occurring either in late May or early June, depending on the year. Representatives from nearby churches take part in the main day procession, bearing their patron saints in a Semana Santa like procession bound for the city's main cathedral. On the eve of the main procession, it is customary to prepare 12 typical dishes, among which figure cuy chiriuchu (guinea pig), cornbread, beer and chicha (fermented corn beverage). Just four hours from Cuzco, one of the more fascinating Peruvian festivals is celebrated every July in the town of Paucartambo. 3-5 days of colorful celebrations mark this festival, which pays homage to the Virgen del Carmen. She is the patron saint of the mestizo peoples, and the scary costumes worn by those in attendance are intended to represent the demons that the Virgin of Carmen eventually drives away. If this festival sounds attractive to you, you will also likely enjoy the Peru Semana Santa, or Holy Week. Celebrated the week of Easter (mid-April) throughout Peru, it is one of the main staple religious holidays in any Latin American country.

The February Carnival celebrations in Peru are celebrated throughout Peru with significant fanfare and revelry. During the Peru Carnival, perfect strangers soak each other with water, most often in the form of water balloons and water guns. It is not rare to find yourself the aim of such a liquid assault, and getting mad about it won't help any, so the idea is to go with the flow, quite literally. The Andean Peru towns are known to throw the liveliest Peru Carnival celebrations, with the northern highlands city of Cajamarca earning special distinction. If you are a fan of song and dance, the January National Marinera Dance Contest is not to be missed in Trujillo. A big part of Peruvian culture, it features a beauty contest, a regal horse display, and the famous dance contest.

All Souls Day and Christmas are additional Peru festivals that are famous religious customs. All Souls Day is celebrated on November 2, and it follows the November 1 All Saints Day celebrations, which culminate along coastal cities with candlelight vigils at local cemeteries. The village of La Arena, which is found in the northwest coastal department of Piura, is among the most colorful All Souls Day celebrations. Christmas is surely one of the major Peru festivals, perhaps taking the top spot in terms of importance. Christmas in Peru is a mixture of both Spanish and Indian traditions. For residents of Lima, the country's biggest bull fight of the year might be how they choose to celebrate Christmas. In Cusco, thousands of people who are waiting to buy hot chocolates for needy children is a popular Christmas scene.

These are the most popular festivals and events in Peru but they are just a small part of the country's cultural wealth. Do to Peru and join them. This will be probably the most remarkable moments in your life.