Season / Climate: There are two clearly-defined seasons: The dry season, from May to August, when the nights and early mornings are extremely cold; and the rainy season, wich is from December to March.
Festivals: Easter Week: March-April, movable feast, Holy Monday, procesion and blessing of the lord of Earthquakes, patron of Cusco.
Corpus Christi: May-June, movable feast, procesión of images of saints and virgins, patrons of the different parish churches.
QoillurRiti: May-June, movible feast, its name jeans Bright Star of Snow and is a blend of the ancient worship of the Apus or mountain gods with catholic traditions. More than 50,000 people participate, dressed in the clothing typical of each of different regions of the south, to ausangate mountain. The pilgrims carry stones of different sizes up the mountainside to place them at the apacheta or rock pile, and return downhill carrying blocks of ice on their backs.
Inti Raymi: June 24, the staring of the feast of the Sun God, the supreme inca deity, with folk dances and costumes on a grad scale.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen: July 16, folk dances in the town of Paucartambo.
Gastronomy: Lawa: fresh maize and bean soup.
Chicharron con Mote: pork fritters and fresh maize.
Chiriuchu: roast chicken or guinea pig, accompanied an omelette of toasted corn flour, chesse, salt-dried meta, rocoto, chilli pepper and algae.
Art & Craft: The most important crafts, incluye textiles woven on hand looms, pottery, silver jewelry, replicas of Cusco School paintings, furs, carved and gilged Word, statuettes (the Magi, Virgins, Christ Childs, and archangels), masks and other ítems. The artists´ quarter of San Blas is the center of most workshops.
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