For
over 70 years, in Christmas Eve, hundreds of people have gathered in Cusco’s
Plaza de Armas, the main square, to enjoy the season while shopping and
admiring exquisite Christmas art in Santuranticuy (“Saints Sale” in Quechua).
Santuranticuy is a provisional village market with a fiesta ambience, featuring
skilled artisans from many Andean communities that come to show and sale their
handcrafts. The artisans set up their kiosks at dawn and participate in
Santuranticuy until just before midnight. This traditional village market could
soon be declared a National Cultural Heritage in Peru.
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