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Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza Mansion
from Amazonas
by Visit Peru
Feb-mar Chachapoyas Carnival
1-7 June Tourist week and Raymi Llaqta (My Neighborhoods Festival)
1-15 Aug Virgin Asunta Patron Saint’s Feast Day
1-14 Sept Señor de Gualamita Patron Saint’s Feast Day
7-12 Sept San Nicolás of Tolentino and the Virgin of the Nativity Patron Saint’s Feast Days
What to eat?
The region’s gastronomy is nourished by Andean and jungle traditions. Outstanding dishes include the not-to-be-missed cuy serrano en guiso de maní tostado (fried guinea pig in a roasted peanut stew), juane de yuca (grated and boiled manioc rice and chicken and/or beef jerky wrapped in corn husk), cecina (cured pork), tamales and humitas (both mashed corn wrapped in its husk with varied fillings). Drinks include guarapo (sugarcane juice) and licor de leche (liquor with whey). The region’s production of coffee, cacao, exotic fruits like pitajaya and ancient roots like the arracacha, is also outstanding.
What to buy?
The women of the Amazon make garments and accessories such as ponchos, vests and blankets using the illahua, the traditional backstrap loom technique. They reproduce their own designs on these fine items drawing on the iconography of the Chachapoyas region. Roots and tree trunks are also used to design furniture and handicrafts more generally. Natural ceramic pieces on which artists capture the beauty of the local flora and fauna in vivid colors are the most outstanding examples of the region’s decorative arts.
