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Peruvian NYC

Peruvian NYC is a mix of Indigenous, Spanish, African and Asian cultures.

Peru is the heartland of the great Inca civilization and its descendants, but also has Afro-Peruvian from the colonial plantations along the coast. Unexpectedly, Peru is one of the South American countries known for La Salsa.

When human slavery ended in Peru in 1854, one of the largest Asian populations in South America began arriving as Chinese and Japanese indentured servants. Peruvian culture has all these influences. That’s why the ceviche is so good.

Peruvian NYC News

March 23, 2022

Peruvian Music Theatre

Tertulia with Chaska Mori with music by Afro Andean Funk brings Peruvian music theatre to Teatro LATEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side on Wed, Mar 23 at 7pm. Free with registration. 🇵🇪

Ongoing

Salsa Dance

Dance Salsa with live music at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇪

Previously in Peruvian NYC

Anthony Almonte & Yeisson Villamar play Puerto Rican Peruvian Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Mar 17 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10. 🇵🇷🇵🇪

Lundú plays Latin Alternative based on Afro-Peruvian folk traditions at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Wed, Mar 16 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇵🇪

The Eric Kurimski Trio plays Afro-Peruvian Jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Mar 12 at 8pm. $15. 🇵🇪

Latin American Art, including a newly discovered Diego Rivera, goes on view at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center on Wed, Mar 2-10 for auction Fri, Mar 11 at 11am.
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Orchestra of St Luke’s presents “Earth Works: Music for our Planet”, an initiative of Peruvian American composer Gabriela Lena Frank, at Hostos Center (Thu), Americas Society (Fri), Snug Harbor (Sat) and the Brooklyn Public Library (Sun), Thursday-Sunday, Mar 10-13. Free with registration. 🇵🇪

February 2022

The 7th Neighboring Scenes Latin American film festival is in person at Film at Lincoln Center, Feb 24-28. $15 per film or $80 All-Access Pass ($20 students). 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇾🇻🇪

January 2022

The 2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone is at the New Museum in the Lower East Side to Jan 23, 2022. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇯🇲🇲🇽🇵🇪🇺🇸|🇨🇩🇿🇦|🇮🇳🇵🇭|🇫🇷

The Winter Show antiques fair is at the Park Avenue Armory, for ten days, Fri, Jan 21-30. $30. 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇪🇪🇸

The Winter Show Opening Night Party benefits the East Side House at the Park Avenue Armory on Thu, Jan 20 from 5-9pm. From $500. 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇪🇪🇸

Tony Succar and special guest La India, play Latin Grammy winning Salsa at The Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey on Sat, Nov 6 at 7pm. 🇵🇪🇵🇷

Havana Film Festival New York 2021 (HFFNY)

The Havana Film Festival New York opens at Village East Cinema in the East Village on Fri, Nov 5 at 6:30pm. From $20. Grammy nominee Dayramir González plays Cuban Jazz at the Afterparty. From $85. 🇨🇺🇪🇸|🇨🇦🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇺🇸|🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇵🇪🇻🇪|🇬🇷🇬🇧

Talia Castro-Pozo’s Sunset Salsa dance party is at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park in the West Village, Thursdays to Oct 28, 2021 from 6:30-9pm. Free 🇵🇪.

The New York Yankees celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a giveaway of Yankee caps with Hispanic flags for Yankee games on Fri-Wed, Sep 17-22, 2021. From $40. mlb.com
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Claudia Coca: Landscapes of Desire and Oblivion opens at Ethan Cohen Gallery in Chelsea with a reception on Thu, Sep 16 from 5-7pm, and runs to Oct 11. ecfa.com 🇵🇪

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sep 15 – Oct 15.

Peruvian Festivals NYC

New York City’s big Peruvian festivals include the Peruvian Parade, May Sumak Film Festival and the Peru to the World Expo food festival.

Peruvian New York City

There are Peruvian communities in Paterson, New Jersey and Jackson Heights, Queens.

The Peruvian Consulate is in Midtown East.

Metropolitan New York’s “Little Lima” is in Paterson, New Jersey. Paterson is the heart of the Peruvian diaspora in the United States.

The best Peruvian restaurant in New York City used to be our client Raymi, but it’s been closed for a while. Pio Pio grilled chicken restaurants are popular. There are Chinese-Peruvian Flor de Mayo Restaurants in the Upper West Side.

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 from the last Inca ruler. The crown is human sized. The emerald is enormous.

You can find Peruvian culture in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum and Queens Museum. You can find Peruvian jazz at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens; Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn; and SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan.

Peruvian New Yorkers

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

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

Efraín Rozas, the Peruvian musician and technologist, fronts psychedelic salsa rockers La Mecánica Popular and will be in residence at The Kitchen in 2021.

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

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

Many of the Andean flute players in New York City subways are Peruvian. Support the arts.

The Peruvian World

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

Peruvian-born Tony Succar is based in Miami. He won Latin Grammy Awards for Salsa Album and Producer of the Year in 2019.

Peruvian Culture

We are famous for ceviche and pisco. The two go together perfectly. We are also famous for our Andean flutes. There is a famous salsa sung by Celia Cruz in 1981 called “Toro Mata.” It’s actually a Peruvian folk song.

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.

While long suspected, DNA studies have recently proven that South Americans have an Oceanic heritage too. We also have vibrant Japanese Peruvian and Chinese Peruvian communities.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Peru

Peruvian folk dancers in Cusco (Martyn Unsworth/Dreamstime)
Peruvian folk dancers in Cusco (Martyn Unsworth/Dreamstime)

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

There is a lot to see and do in Peru.

Sulpayki
(Thank you in Quechua)

South American NYC

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