• Peruvian culture is the gradual blending of Amerindian cultures with European and Asian ethnic groups. The ethnic diversity and rugged geography of Peru...
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    including bird feathers from far northern Peru, again show the variety of individuals using the site. Nazca Culture and iconography are believed by scholars...
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    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...
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    The Ministry of Culture of Peru is the government ministry in charge of the promotion of Peruvian culture and identity. It was created on 20 July 2010...
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    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...
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    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...
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    domestication of squash about 8000 BCE by the Las Vegas culture. Some scholars believe that the earliest civilizations on the Peruvian coast initially...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients including influences mainly from the indigenous population, including the Inca, and cuisines...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    Williams. The Stele from the Chavín Culture, Ancash, Peru Moche pottery, Lambayeque, Peru The Tiahuanaco Gate of the Sun, Bolivia Polychrome, fish-shaped...
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    This is a demography of the population of Peru including population density, ethnicity, education level, the health of the populace, economic status,...
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    Octavina (category Music of Southeast Asia)
    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...
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    The Chincha culture (or Ica-Chincha culture) was the culture of a Native Peruvian people living near the Pacific Ocean in south west Peru. The Chincha...
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  • and part of the Political Constitution of Peru (Article 49). Icons of Peruvian culture. List of national animals List of national anthems List of national...
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    Military history of Peru Massacres in Peru Culture of Peru Architecture of Peru Inca architecture Peruvian colonial architecture Peruvian Viceroyal architecture...
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  • Vale un Perú (English: Worth a Peru) is a Spanish language phrase which has come to symbolize a matter of great value. The term originated in the colonial...
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  • 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...
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    The National Museum of Peruvian Culture (Spanish: Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana), formerly the National Archaeology Museum (Spanish: Museo de Arqueología...
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    (Chanca), Peru Chavín, northern Peru, 900–200 BCE Chipcha, Colombia (Precolumbian culture) Chincha people, Peru (Precolumbian culture) Chuquibamba culture (Precolumbian...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Ekeko (category Culture of Peru)
    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....
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  • Peruvian literature not only refers to literature produced in the independent Republic of Peru, but also to literature produced in the Viceroyalty of...
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  • Peruvian cumbia is a subgenre of chicha (Andean tropical music) that became popular in the coastal cities of Peru, mainly in Lima in the 1960s through...
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    peoples of Peru, or Native Peruvians, comprise a large number of ethnic groups who inhabit territory in present-day Peru. Indigenous cultures developed...
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  • immigrants. These cultures include: Culture of Bolivia Culture of Chile Colombian culture Culture of Ecuador Argentine Northwest Culture of Peru This disambiguation...
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