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1000places > CUZCO, PERU - The traditional native dances are also kept alive in small theaters and in this case, at a local restaurant off the Plaza de Armas.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Even though the steady influx of tourists and other visitors into Cuzco is turning the city into a "mixing bowl" of cultures, the traditional Peruvian dress is still very recognizable along the city streets.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - All of us joined in many of the Peruvian traditions, but only a few tried the one delicacy that often graces the plates of Peruvians on special occasions - the roasted guinea pig.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Our last group dinner was held in a restaurant just off the square of the Plaza de Armas. From our table we could observe this wall. We learned that it was not only an original Inca wall but that it had once been a wall in the palace of the great Pachacuti himself, the man who built the Inca empire.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Pachacuti's wall seemed the perfect backdrop to take a final group photo.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - First the Quechuan went about preparing a collection of herbs, confetti, and other materials in a paper wrapping.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - A boy and his llama.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - One group of Peruvians has remained pure Quechua since the days of the Spanish invasion. We met a member of this group, a curandero, or healer and participated in a spiritual ceremony that can be traced back to Inca times.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Then, one by one, we stood in front of the shaman while he moved his packet over and down our bodies, hoping to draw out the "bad spirits." Later he would burn the packet.
CUZCO, PERU - The traditional native dances are also kept alive in small theaters and in this case, at a local restaurant off the Plaza de Armas.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - The traditional native dances are also kept alive in small theaters and in this case, at a local restaurant off the Plaza de Armas.
CUZCO, PERU - The traditional native dances are also kept alive in small theaters and in this case, at a local restaurant off the Plaza de Armas.

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