On the 10th of December of this year, 185 years passed since Peru won a battle that decisively ended any hope for a Spanish presence in South America. At 3,500 above sea level, on the field of battle of the Pampa de Quinua, thousands gathered to take part in a huge recreation in honour of this occasion.
December 13, 2009 | Ayacucho Guide, Culture & History
The district of Chuschi in Ayacucho doesn’t want to be remembered as the location from which the Shining Path began is blood-thirsty armed struggle in the 1980s. Today its population are trying to build a new legacy, a program of social development that allows them to work and benefit from their own natural resources. The program, financed by Oxfam, has shown them everything from how to distribute spaces within their homes to techniques for water use, irrigation and cultivation.
September 6, 2008 | Opinion
Built by the Lima Culture, the Huaca Pucllana eventually came under the control of the vast Huari (or Wari) Empire. Although various Wari artefacts have been discovered here, this is the first Wari-period tomb to be uncovered.
August 26, 2008 | Archaeology, Lima City Guide, News
Photographs of Puca Cruz, a beautiful and old part of Ayacucho.
April 15, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide
María Parado was an ordinary woman turned hero during the struggle for Peru’s independence.
She was born in Huamanga, Ayacucho in the 1760s, married in the 1770s and had seven children. It was in the 1820s that she decided to help the nationalists fighting against the royalist Spanish army. Her husband and son were fighting with the nationalists while she remained in the Spanish stronghold of the city of Huamanga (Ayacucho).
April 12, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide, Culture & History
We arrived at Ayacucho’s airport and boarded our private jet back to Lima. No really, we did.
I found myself increasingly ill over our last couple of days in Ayacucho… a bad cold, some bad food and high altitude can really take its toll. I needed to leave Ayacucho despite not visiting Vilcas Huaman, Huanta or the Huari ruins – all things I wanted to do. I wouldn’t make it 9 hours on a bus in my condition so we had to look at paying 3 times more to travel home by air.
April 11, 2007 | Opinion
Abimael Guzmán was the leader of the terrorist group The Shining Path, and group that brought misery, death and destruction to all of Peru – but Ayacucho in particular. An independent movie has now been made about the leader’s capture.
April 10, 2007 | Culture & History, Opinion
The village of Quinua, in the huamanga pampa surrounding the city of Ayacucho is above all famous for its Artesanía. People also visit for the nearby monument to the dead of the battle for Peru’s independence and to visit the village’s photogenic streets.
April 9, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide
This blog consists of a collection of photos taken in two of the main markets in Ayacucho. The majority of the population buy all they buy from these markets, whether its grain or a live chicken. It’s also the main market place for the surrounding towns and the indigenous people can walk for miles or take combis from all around to visit. In addition to the photos I have a video here.
April 8, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide
The spectacular end to Ayacucho’s Semana Santa festivities, seen in video.
April 8, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide
“The Encounter” relives the moment in which Jesus saw his mother in the way to the crucifixion. La Verónica saw Jesus carrying the cross and wiped the blood from his face. Later she met John to announce her encounter with Jesus and both went in search of Mary with the news. Finally Mary realized the Encounter between her and son. In the procession this story is played out with the images representing the characters inclining towards each other to “talk”.
April 6, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide
For the various processions that take place during Semana Santa, the people of Ayacucho create beautiful alfombras de flores – carpets of flowers for the various religious idols to pass over. On Wednesday the procession of El Encuentro – The Encounter many of these were destroyed by a brief rain shower.
April 6, 2007 | Ayacucho Guide
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