Peruvian culture is the gradual blending of Amerindian cultures with European and Asian ethnic groups. The ethnic diversity and rugged geography of Peru...

Ministry of Culture (Spanish: Ministerio de Cultura) is the ministry of the Government of Peru in charge of the promotion of Peruvian culture and identity...

The history of Peru spans 15 millennia, extending back through several stages of cultural development along the country's desert coastline and in the Andes...

225 sq mi), Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America. Peruvian territory was home to several cultures during the...

the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100...

Marinera", a traditional dance in Peru, "Cradle of the Peruvian Paso horse", as well as the "Capital of Culture of Peru". It has sponsored numerous national...

including bird feathers from far northern Peru, again show the variety of individuals using the site. Nazca Culture and iconography are believed by scholars...

Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard...

domestication of squash about 8000 BCE by the Las Vegas culture. Some scholars believe that the earliest civilizations on the Peruvian coast initially...

the Spanish. Peru's earliest artwork came from the Cupisnique culture, which was concentrated on the Pacific coast, and the Chavín culture, which was largely...

Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients including influences mainly from the indigenous population, including the Inca, and cuisines...

The Chavín culture was a pre-Columbian civilization, developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru around 900 BCE, ending around 250 BCE. It extended...

In Peru, the competence for the protection of cultural heritage is in the hands of the Ministry of Culture. In August 2000, the National Institute of Culture...

incorporated into other cultures, notably including culture of Ecuador and culture of Peru. With the large Spanish influence on Lima-Quito culture from the 16th...

This is a demography of the population of Peru including population density, ethnicity, education level, the health of the populace, economic status,...

culture was an important early culture in Peru from 1000/200 BCE to 300/600 CE. They lived in the Piura region in the northern Pacific coast of Peru....

Peru has many languages in use, with its official languages being Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Spanish has been in the country since it began being taught...

Williams. The Stele from the Chavín Culture, Ancash, Peru Moche pottery, Lambayeque, Peru The Tiahuanaco Gate of the Sun, Bolivia Polychrome, fish-shaped...

of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the...

Military history of Peru Massacres in Peru Culture of Peru Architecture of Peru Inca architecture Peruvian colonial architecture Peruvian Viceroyal architecture...

popular in the western region of Bolivia. In Peru the main festival is celebrated on May 3 of every year in the city of Puno, on the Machallata hill....

the most widely professed religion in Peru, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Religion in Peru is traditionally related to religious syncretism...

of the different cultures of Peru. The dance has gained recognition throughout South America and is known as the most prominent traditional dance of Peru...

This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the...

Chinese Peruvians do not speak the language of their Asian ancestors. However, some second generation Chinese Peruvians can speak one or more varieties of Chinese...

The National Museum of Peruvian Culture (Spanish: Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana), formerly the National Archaeology Museum (Spanish: Museo de Arqueología...

(Chanca), Peru Chavín, northern Peru, 900–200 BCE Chipcha, Colombia (Precolumbian culture) Chincha people, Peru (Precolumbian culture) Chuquibamba culture (Precolumbian...

The Recuay culture was a pre-Columbian culture of highland Peru that flourished from 200 BCE to 600 CE and was related to the Moche culture of the north...

Dance in Peru is an art form primarily of native origin. There are also dances that are related to agricultural work, hunting and war. In Peru dancing...

Peru. Indigenous cultures developed here for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish in 1532. In 2017, 5,500,000 Peruvians identified themselves...