Sep
1
2010
danissa
“If you can not against him, take advantage”. seems to be the motto tax in Peru and, after suffering the ravages of the phenomena of El Niño and La Niña, prepare a tourist circuit for those who will want to live climate change from within.
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Sep
1
2010
danissa
“Si no puedes contra él, aprovéchalo” parece ser el lema impuesto en Perú y, tras sufrir los embates de los fenómenos de El Niño y La Niña, preparan un circuito turístico para los que quieren vivir el cambio climático desde adentro.
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Aug
31
2010
luis
The quipu (Quechua: khipu, ‘knot’) was a mnemonic system using wool or cotton ropes and knots
of one or more colors developed in the Andes. Although it is known that it was used as an accounting system by officials of the Inca Empire, could have been used as a form of writing, a hypothesis that says the engineer William Burns Glynn.
Were used by the quipu kamayoc (khipu kamayuq), sages of the Inca empire.
The quipus formed a mnemonic system by which record the necessary information. It could be news census, amounts of products and keeps stored in state warehouses.
Quipus instruments are still used as mnemonics in the Indian villages where they serve to register the products of crops and animal communities.
The Inca emperor, had 30 people in big cities take charge of the accounts, then bring them to the emperor’s messengers who had specialized staff in the interpretation of the quipu.
It is believed that the position of the knots in the cord could be interpreted as a decimal system of mathematics. For example, counting from the tip, find the knot is equivalent to 10,000, then 1,000, 100, and ultimately drives.
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Aug
27
2010
helard
Star Perú will connect Cusco with Brazil starting in September, with the route Cusco-Rio Branco, said the airline’s general manager, Roman Kasianov.
Also, the airline plans to start operating the Chiclayo-Cuenca (Ecuador) route by November, and to add the Iquitos-Leticia (Colombia) route in December.
“We expect these new regional routes to dynamize the participation of the company in the market, since no other national airline has done this before,” said Kasianov.

Source: http://www.livinginperu.com
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Aug
21
2010
luis
The famous colonial Cusco School of Painting, is characterized by its originality and high artistic value, which can be seen as a result of the confluence of two powerful currents: the Western artistic tradition on the one hand, and the desire Indians and mestizos painters to express their reality and their world view, on the other.
The Spanish contribution, and in general European Cuzco School painting, is given from very early times, when it starts building the great cathedral of Cusco. Is the arrival of the Italian painter Bernardo Bitti in 1583. Continue reading
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Aug
21
2010
luis
La céleb
re escuela de pintura cuzqueña o pintura colonial cusqueña, se caracteriza por su originalidad y su gran valor artístico, los que pueden ser vistos como resultado de la confluencia de dos corrientes poderosas: la tradición artística occidental, por un lado, y el afán de los pintores indios y mestizos de expresar su realidad y su visión del mundo, por el otro.
El aporte español y, en general europeo, a la Escuela cuzqueña de pintura, se da desde época muy temprana, cuando se inicia la construcción de la gran catedral de Cusco. Es la llegada del pintor italiano Bernardo Bitti en 1583.
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Aug
18
2010
helard
Here you got some places you must consider when you take a backpacking trip to south america.
Cusco has a beautiful landscape that conjugates with the blue sky, white clouds and awesome mountains, by its roads is possible to get to know the heritage inherited that give a testimony of its art, even now when you walk in its streets you can see some rocks intelligently united and the old houses built by Spanish over important Inca foundations, it’s impossible to don’t notice the importance that this city had in the Inca period. Few places in Peru have a magic aura as Cusco has which was the center of cult of the Sun, it received big ceremonies where much people came to. Here you can visit churches, museums, archeological places and many other sites, for this you need to get the Tourist Ticket fee that allows you to visit the 16 most important places of Cusco.

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Aug
18
2010
helard
Aquí tiene algunos lugares que usted debe considerar si piensa visitar Sudamérica más aun si lo que piensa es tomar un viaje de mochilero.
Cusco. Cuenta con un hermoso paisaje que se conjuga perfectamente con su cielo azul, nubes blancas y montañas impresionantes, por sus caminos es posible conocer la historia y magia que esconde esta ancestral cuidad, aun hoy al pasear por sus calles se pueden ver algunos rocas inteligentemente unidas y las antiguas casas construidas por los españoles sobre importantes cimientos incaicos, es imposible no notar la importancia que tuvo esta ciudad en la época incaica. Pocos lugares en el Perú tienen un aura mágica como la tiene Cusco, fue el centro de culto al Sol, antigua deidad inca. Aquí se pueden visitar iglesias, museos, sitios arqueológicos y muchos otros lugares, para ello, tiene que obtener un Boleto Turístico que le permitirá visitar los 16 lugares más importantes del Cusco.

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Aug
17
2010
luis
La papa es una planta alimenticia (tubérculo) que procede de las culturas Pre-Incas e Incas. En el territorio peruano se encuentra la mayor cantidad de especies de papa conocidas en el mundo.
Aquí la diversidad de papas nativas viene desde Cajamarca, Ayacucho, Huancayo y por supuesto Cusco.
Existe alrededor de 5000 variedades de papa en todo el mundo, en Latinoamérica hay más de 4000 variedades, y lo que nos llena de orgullo y alegría es que Perú tiene 3000 variedades de papa nativa.
Un poco de historia
El hombre en la antigüedad, habiendo sido hábil cazador y pescador, se volvió sedentario teniendo que recolectar los frutos de la tierra. El tiempo hizo que esta nueva costumbre derivara en la agricultura, con la cual se dio inició al proceso de domesticación de numerosas plantas, entre las que destaca, la papa.
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Aug
13
2010
helard
Australian vocalists the Ten Tenors are planning to visit Peru’s famed Machu Picchu ruins after performing in Lima next month.
The internationally renowned Australian group is set to return to Peru for an exclusive show at Lima’s Jockey Club del Perú on Saturday, September 11.
The Ten Tenors, who performed in Peru for the first time in September 2009, are also keen to learn more about the country’s music history, customs and cuisine, especially fish and seafood dishes.

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