Pampa Galeras – Barbara D'Achille National Reserve
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| Pampa Galeras – Barbara D’Achille National Reserve | |
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| Reserva Nacional Pampa Galeras – Barbara D’Achille | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Location | Ayacucho, Peru |
| Area | 65 km²[1] |
Pampa Galeras – Barbara D’Achille is located in the
Barbara D'Achille, a Letonian conservationist who was murdered by the Shining Path
leftist terrorists in 1989.
Chaku festival
Every June 24 at the Chaku festival (
Quechua for "dancer of the devil's house", also known as danza de tijeras (Spanish for scissors dance)) and an Inca ceremony. The dance and the ceremony are probably performed as a pledge to the gods that the gods will agree with taking the crop. Vicuñas give the most precious vicuña wool
.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Reserva National Pampa Galeras – Barbara D'Achille, Zona Turismo". SERNAP. Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
External links
- La Fiesta del Chaccu (Spanish, with many photos)
- Tour of Pampa Galeras