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    Peru has a rich cultural history influenced by the Inca Empire and other groups. The Inca civilization developed advanced infrastructure like sewage systems and architecture suited to the climate. Their textiles often incorporated gold. Traditional Peruvian music features distinctive dances like Marinera and Festejo, accompanied by instruments like the cajon drum. Peruvian cuisine blends Spanish, Chinese, Italian and other influences with local ingredients like potatoes and seafood. Dishes include ceviche, lomo saltado and chaufa rice. Peru's varied cultural influences and unique traditions make it one of the most diverse countries in South America.

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    Peru has a rich cultural history influenced by the Inca Empire and other groups. The Inca civilization developed advanced infrastructure like sewage systems and architecture suited to the climate. Their textiles often incorporated gold. Traditional Peruvian music features distinctive dances like Marinera and Festejo, accompanied by instruments like the cajon drum. Peruvian cuisine blends Spanish, Chinese, Italian and other influences with local ingredients like potatoes and seafood. Dishes include ceviche, lomo saltado and chaufa rice. Peru's varied cultural influences and unique traditions make it one of the most diverse countries in South America.

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    Peru has a rich cultural history influenced by the Inca Empire and other groups. The Inca civilization developed advanced infrastructure like sewage systems and architecture suited to the climate. Their textiles often incorporated gold. Traditional Peruvian music features distinctive dances like Marinera and Festejo, accompanied by instruments like the cajon drum. Peruvian cuisine blends Spanish, Chinese, Italian and other influences with local ingredients like potatoes and seafood. Dishes include ceviche, lomo saltado and chaufa rice. Peru's varied cultural influences and unique traditions make it one of the most diverse countries in South America.

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    Peruvian Culture

    South America has a beautiful range of different cultures from each of it's countries. Peru has
    one of the most intricate cultures in South America. Peru has one of the seven wonders of the world,
    has one of the best food in the world and has beautiful music and dances to represent their colorful
    culture. As Peru continues to grow and progress as a country the culture is left behind.
    Peru was the country where the Inca empire was built being one of the biggest self sufficient
    civilization at that time. This empire was built in Cuzco, Peru on the Andes Mountains since they knew
    that location mattered in order to stay safe from enemies. The Inca empire was built in such a strategic
    manner that the city could only be seen if you were a certain distance away. The empire is called
    Maccchu Picchu where the Sun was the Inca's God who's name was Atawalpa. They spoke a language
    that only few speak today which is called Kechuan. This civilization had developed the sewerage
    system, the sundial in order to tell time and architecture to sub stain the weather of either the heat or the
    cold. The Inca's wardrobe was gold. They had gold everywhere but they saw it as an item of clothing
    and accessories never as money. The Inca culture brought many advances to our day to day lives today
    but Peru still has much more culture than just the Inca ruins.
    The music has its own beauty with its amazing and unique dances. Two of their main dances are
    Marinera Northena originating from Trujillo and Festejo originating from the Jungle. Marinera is a
    dance where a woman is dressed in this beautiful skirt that is as wide as one's arms span and the man is
    on top of a horse. The horse has been trained at birth to trot a certain way that it looks like it is dancing
    to the acutal beat of the music. These horses can only be found in Trujillo because they are a certain
    breed. The dance is a very flirtatious dance where the girl plays hard to get and the guy tries to impress
    her by his moves on the horse and by the end the girl falls for him and end with a kiss. Festejo is an
    afro-negro dance where the slaves in the jungle would dance around the fire. It is a dance based on the
    isolation of the hips and the chest. But the music is all done off of a cajon, which translated translated is

    a drawer. Now it sounds like a drum but you sit on top of it and hit it in between your legs instead of
    standing or sitting by it. Then with the beat of the cajon the dancers move their hips and chest. Other
    drums can be used to create a more distinguished beat but it has to always have the cajon.
    Marinera is a dance that originated in Peru in 1879 in honor of the great "marines", the Peruvian
    navy, who fought against Chile. It was called Zamacueca when Peru was friends with Chile but after
    the war with this country, the named changed. This dance is combination of Spanish, and African
    dance. There are currently over 6 types of Marinera. The dances you will be learning are the most
    famous ones : Marinera Nortena and Marinera Limena.
    The cajon, being a very simple instrument and originally made from any old thing which was
    around, became popular in many forms of music, similar box drums can be found in Blues music and
    many forms of folk music. The Festejo is a festive, social type of dance that has various rhythmic
    movements from African origin and influence. It is a very energetic dance that involves lots of
    footwork, different choreography and sometimes improve. The Festejo can be danced in groups, pairs,
    or even alone at various festivals, events or celebrations.

    The variations of food in Peru that are influenced by different cultures is very unique. Peru has
    influences from the Chinese and Italian food to create what we call Peruvian food. They have the fried
    rice, aroz chaufa, and just chaufa which is just the quizine of the usual Chinese food. Then they have
    pastas influenced by the Italian culture like tallaries verdes which is green spaghetti. Then Peru also has
    sea food dishes like ceviche as well as their traditional foods like lomo saltado which is steak, onions,
    tomatoes, over some rice and topped off with some french fries. Peru also is known for their many
    potatoes which are different colors and sizes. Peru has been voted to be one of the best foods in the
    world having so many influnces and having such a unique menu.

    Bibliography
    "What Is Marinera?" History of Marinera. Web. 09 Apr. 2016.
    "Cajn." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 09 Apr. 2016.
    "Festejo." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 09 Apr. 2016.
    "History of Peru." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 09 Apr. 2016.

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