The festival of the Virgin of Candelaria is without a doubt the greatest folk spectacle in the country and perhaps in America, due to the ostentation of the presentation of the numerous groups that participate with a desire for improvement that is reaffirmed every year, during the octave of the Virgin of Candelaria.
A celebration turned tradition for many years.
The city warmly welcomes thousands of national and foreign tourists, who feel excited to witness the color, music, and joy of this event, whose grandeur is very difficult to achieve elsewhere. Devotion to the dark-skinned virgin is a tradition that grows annually, where thousands of dancers offer the beauty of an incomparable spectacle as an exquisite gift for locals and foreigners alike.
The intensity of the emotions makes this celebration a sign of friendship and joy with all peoples because tourists fully participate in it. In the memory and heart of each one, the most unique scenes of brotherhood and enthusiasm of this religious manifestation will endure, at the same time confirming us as the most important folk expression of Peru.
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