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Peruvian Culture

Peruvian culture builds on the legacy of the Inca, one of the world’s great ancient civilizations.

During the Spanish Colonial Era (1534-1821), there were plantations on the coast, so we have African Diaspora culture too.

Abolition brought Chinese and Japanese workers who have contributed a lot to Peruvian culture.

Peruvian food is a rich fusion.

Peruvian Culture in New York City

Junta Hispana 2023 is a Family Festival of Latin Culture in Queens

Around a quarter million people enjoy this casual festival of Latin food, music, dance, beauty, and folklore from 20 Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas.

FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK
Queens

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Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

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Bryant Park Dance Party 2023 gives Free Dance Lessons Followed by Live Music for Dancing!

Talia Castro-Pozo hosts bachata, cumbia, salsa, swing, and tango dance lessons followed by live music for dancing. FREE!

La Excelencia salsa, Wed, May 3
Pedro Giraudo tango, Thu, May 4
Afro-Andean Funk cumbia, Wed, May 10
Charenee Wade’s Band of Swing, Thu, May 11
Valerio bachata, Wed, May 17
Santiago y la Orquesta salsa, Thu, May 18

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African Diaspora International Film Festival 2023 is a World Full of Music & Soul

This is an outstanding curation of excellent films that show the power and resilience of African Diaspora culture around the world. There are American, Brazilian, British, Cuban, French, Guadeloupean, Malian and Peruvian music films.

COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Friday-Sunday, April 28-30, 2023
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Peruvian New York

Metro New York’s main Peruvian community is centered on “Little Lima” is on Market St in Paterson, New Jersey. It’s the biggest Peruvian community in the United States.

There is a Peruvian community along Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens.

New York’s Peruvian Consulate is in Midtown East. consulado.pe

Peruvian Art

You can find Peruvian culture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Queens Museum.

The Crown of the Andes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is Colombian, but the big emerald in the crown is said to be the legendary Atahualpa Emerald which belonged to the last Inca ruler. The crown is human sized. The emerald is enormous.

Revolver Galeria is a Peruvian art gallery in the Lower East Side. revolvergaleria.com

William Cordova is a major Peruvian artist. He is represented by Sikkema Jenkins.

Peruvian Books

Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa is often in New York.

Peruvian Dance

Latin Mondays at Taj, New York’s most popular salsa dance parties is led by Talia Castro-Pozo, a Peruvian actress, classical ballerina, and salsera.

Peruvian Festivals

Peruvian Food

Melvi Davilla produces the wonderful Peru to the World Expo food festival.

  • Flor de Mayo (Chinese-Peruvian) flordemayo.com
  • Llama Inn (Michelin)
  • Mission Ceviche (Michelin)
  • Panca
  • Pio Pio
  • Pollo d’Oro
  • Riko Peruvian Cuisine
  • Sen Sakama
  • Suya Gastrofusion (Michelin)
  • Urubamba (NYC’s oldest)

Peruvian Music

There is Peruvian jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens; Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn; and SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan.

Araceli Poma plays an Indigenous jazz fusion.

Chicha Libre isn’t very active now, and they are not Peruvian, but they play cumbia based on Peruvian Chica which is pretty cool. It’s sort of cumbia-surf-rock based out of Barbès, Brooklyn.

Efraín Rozas, the Peruvian musician and technologist, fronts psychedelic salsa rockers La Mecánica Popular.

Gabriel Alegría is one of New York City’s leading Peruvian jazz musicians.

Susana Baca is a famous advocate of Afro-Peruvian culture. @susana_baca_oficial

Tony Succar is a Miami Peruvian timbalero who won 2019 Latin Grammy Awards for Salsa Album and Producer of the Year.

Peru

Peru is defined by the Andes mountains with a dry coastal plain on one side and Amazonian jungle on the other.

Cusco was the capital of the Inca, one of the great civilizations of South America. Spanish colonizers first controlled South America from Lima.

Peru still has a strong Indigenous culture with Afro-Peruvian culture along the coast. The descendents of the Inca remain in the Andes with different Indigenous peoples in the Amazonian highlands. The coastal capital, Lima, was once considered an African city.

Peruvian UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The ancient Inca sanctuary city of Machu Picchu is an icon of Peru, but we have many World Heritage Sites. These include:

  • Arequipa, a colonial city with Indigenous influences
  • Caral-Supe, an ancient sacred city of the Norte Chico civilization
  • Chan Chan, the ancient capital of the Chimú culture
  • Chavín de Huantar, an ancient Andean city
  • Cusco, the ancient Inca capital
  • Huascarán National Park, high Andean mountains around Peru’s tallest peak
  • Lima City Center, the colonial city center founded in 1535
  • Manú National Park, a biosphere preserve
  • Nazca Lines, the famous earth drawings (400-650) that can only be seen from the air
  • Qhapaq Ñan Andean Road System, these ancient Inca roads run from Colombia to Chile/Argentina.
  • Río Abiseo National Park, a rainforest park with many pre-Columbian sites