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Machu Picchu is high in the Andes Mountains of Peru, and Peru is one of South America’s most magnificent and authentic countries. Machu Picchu was once a royal palace built by an Incan ruler. Machu Picchu sits like a mysterious city eight thousand feet above the sea. Peru’s most famous site, Machu Picchu, is more than Peru’s. Machu Picchu is one of the wonders of the world with its two hundred buildings and cloud covered beauty. About twelve hundred people lived in Machu Picchu, and Peru has done an exceptional job of preserving Machu Picchu. Professional Inca architects built Machu Picchu with granite blocks and bronze tools. The Inca architects at Machu Picchu were so advanced that the thinnest of knife blades can’t be forced between the stones. Travelers to Peru, to Machu Picchu climb the steep Inca trail to Machu Picchu. But there is a tourist bus from the town of Aguas Calientes. If you climb Machu Picchu in Peru by foot, don’t forget to stretch when you reach the bottom, Your legs will thank you the next morning. Arrive at Machu Picchu before dawn and don’t be disappointed by the fog. The ruins and surrounding peaks reveal themselves as the fog lifts, and steal your breath away. Peru’s Machu Picchu was discovered in 1911. Machu Picchu is an authentic travel experience

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A nice promotional video I found at peru’s government turistic page www.promperu.org. Come visit peru!! Machu pichu has recently been declared as one of the new seven wonders of the world, one more reason to feel proud of my mother land

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Slideshow of ‘Valle Sagrado’ (Sacred Valley of the Inca) outside Cuzco, Andes Highlands, Pisac Market, Urubamba River, Alpaca Carpaccio at Tunupu Restaurant (Km. 77) and Ollantaytambo Inca Ruins. Soundtrack ‘Munaq’ by Miki Gonzalez from Cafe Inkaterra ‘04

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DANZA PERU CARNAVAL DE QATQA CUSCO MUSIC AND DANCE FROM PERU Grupo Inca the Peruvian Ensemble
Director Guillermo Bordarampe
peruinca@earthlink.net
Los Angeles, CA
USA”INCA”, the Peruvian Ensemble was founded in 1981 in Los Angeles, for the purpose of researching, preserving and presenting Peru’s rich multi-cultural heritage of ethnic and folkloric music, songs, dance and traditions. INCA performs music and dances form the Andean region (Inca heritage), from the central and northern coasts (Criollo, Hispanic heritage), from the southern coast (Afro-Peruvian, Black heritage), and from the Peruvian Amazon jungle (jungle natives heritage).

Since its onset, “INCA” has gained steadily in artistic excellence and in reputation as one of the west coast’s leading ethnic performing companies. Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, the Redlands Bowl, The Fresno Civic Auditorium, Zion National Park, El Paso’s El Chamizal Ampitheater, Santa Fe’s Greer Garson Theater, Albuquerque’s S.B.C.C., Colorado State University, Colorado College, etc., are true indicators that the company has a feisty following throughout California and the western states. In ‘93-’94 “INCA” performed at Mingus Auditorium in Cottonwood, AZ; at the Luther Burbank Ctr. for the Performing Arts in Santa Rosa, CA; Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, CA; Fiesta Inn in Mesa, AZ.; in ‘95 “INCA” performed at the Detroit Institute of Art, in Lake Tahoe with the Tahoe Arts Project and at the John Anson Ford Theater. In ‘96 INCA hosted a Peruvian Independence Day Festival at the John Anson Ford Theater, performing with famous Peruvian singer Ms. Edith Barr. INCA also performed with Edith Barr in San Francisco and Salt Lake City, Utah. In February of ‘97 INCA performed and conducted workshops and educational presentations at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and in ‘98 at U.C. Davis.

“INCA” has also received support from the Cultural Affairs Department of the city of Los Angeles, the California Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Community Foundation, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the National/State/County Partnership, and various businesses, corporations and individuals in the southern California area.

With the aid of these grants, “INCA” has produced several recordings that contain a cross section of the company’s repertoire. These recordings help the group to preserve some of this ethnic material, which in many cases would be lost otherwise. In December of 1997 “INCA” released “Danzante”. It was sold at various record stores in the Los Angeles area, New York Natural History Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, etc. In 2001 INCA released its latest CD, “Que siga la Farra”, a great collection of Andean songs.

INCA is distinguished among Southamerican ethnic groups because the musicians not only perform music from the mountains of the Andean region, but also from the coast (Hispanic influenced valses, polkas, and Afro-Peruvian rhythms), and from the selva or Peruvian Amazon jungle. They also perform with as many as eight dancers using typical costumes from these various regions.
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is know for spreading the peruvian music and dances in southern ca.thru the u.s. Even though he wasnt peruvian he found the music group “Inca Peruvian Essemble” the most reconized in southern ca. He founded the group in 1980.
www.raicesperuanas.com
Los Angeles, CA
USA

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By train from Arequipa to Puno in Peru, ascending the Andes. A trip through magnificent scenery with lakes and mountains.

Part of a trip organised through Ffestiniog Travel in October 2001. See my related videos.

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Cusco (also Cuzco, Qosqo, or Qusqu) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The altitude of the city is around 3,500m (11,500 feet). The historic capital of the sun-worshipping Inca empire.
June 2004.
Mostly original soundtrack.

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Slideshow with images from Peru. There are pictures from Lima, Inca’s ruin, Ollantaytambo, Arequipa, Cusco, Titicaca, Machu Pichu. Don’t you think it is a good idea for a different vacation?
The music is “Susurro” Music written by Rodolfo Parada, from Quilapayún group from Chile and played by a peruvian group called Perumanta. You can find a group like this one in all world playing at streets.
It is a great deal to buy a CD from these folkloric pan flute groups.
All these images are taken by Dachalan, downloaded under Creative Commons License
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54945394@N00/

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