Candelaria 2023

Description Visit Candelaria Puno 2023

With the tour “Visit Candelaria Puno 2023”, you can visit in the city of Puno, the highest lake in the world, Lake Titicaca: 2 islands will call our attention. We will enjoy the best Carnival of native dances in the Candelaria Festival.

UROS, are a group of artificial islets built with totora, an aquatic plant that grows wild on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Its inhabitants, the Uros, are a population of very ancient origin that currently resides in Peru, near the bay of Puno.

These floating islands can be raised and lowered following the level of the lake, and their inhabitants can also lift their anchors and move them as if they were barges. Each island houses from three to ten families and the size of the land is proportional to the families to be accommodated. Located at a distance of 7 km from the city of Puno, at an altitude of 3,812 meters above sea level.

TAQUILE belongs to the district of Amantani, Puno, Peru and is located 45 km from the regional capital. It has a population of approximately 2,200 inhabitants. The main village is located at 3,950 meters above sea level and the highest point of the island reaches 4,050 meters above sea level. The island belongs to the linguistic domain of the Quechua language and its inhabitants are called taquileño/a.

It was part of the Inca Empire, to this day you can see some archaeological remains. This island was one of the last Peruvian towns that capitulated to the Spanish in the XVI century. Later it was taken in the name of Emperor Charles V and finally passed to the court of Pedro Gonzales de Taquila, from whose surname its name is derived today.

The Spaniards prohibited the traditional Inca dress, so the islanders had to adopt the peasant dress that they still wear today. It is narrow and long, and was used as a prison during the Spanish Colony. In 1970 it became the property of the Taquile people, who have inhabited the island ever since.

THE FESTIVITY OF THE VIRGIN OF CANDELARIA OF PUNO, is a Peruvian cultural manifestation. It represents the largest cultural, musical, musical, dance and religious manifestation of Peru by the amount of symbols and artistic and cultural manifestations of the Quechua, Aymara and mestizo cultures, is held in February each year.

It was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco in 2014. This festivity presents the following moments: rehearsals, novenas, albas de fiesta, entrance of candles, entrance of k’apos, vespers, February 2, octave, veneration, cacharpari.

The core of the festival is the religious, festive and cultural expression as dance, music and arts and various customs and expressions summons the presence of more than 180 groups, including “native dances” that come from the communities and parts of Puno and dance groups organized in different neighborhoods of the city of Puno, Most of them are called “dances with costumes of lights”, where 100 thousand dancers and 10 thousand musicians participate directly, adding their indirect participation about 35 thousand more people among managers, alferados (preste), embroiderers, artisans in the making of masks, boots and shoes, bells and other elements.

The tour “Visit Candelaria Puno 2021”, is one of the activities of Puno. Many travelers after making the tour to Puno decide to make the tour to Machu Picchu we also recommend it.

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Puno (3,827 masl)
• Uros (3,810 masl)
• Taquile (4,050 masl)

Day 1: Puno – Port – Uros – Taquile – Puno

• 06.30 – 07.15 hrs Transfer from Hotel or Terminal Terrestre/Puno Port.
• 07.20 hrs Departure from the port towards the Floating Islands of the Uros.  You will be able to observe a beautiful panoramic view of the landscape. Our guide will show us the existence of the floating islands of the Uros. Today the people of the Uros still maintain their own culture and tradition, as well as artisanal fishing, especially Carachi and silverside. When fishing is abundant, they preserve the fish by drying them in the sun. They also hunt wild birds and collect duck eggs. There are 75 islands that live at present and each island is well organized.
• Then we continue our visit to Taquile, we will navigate by boat for 2 hours and a half. During the navigation we will be able to observe the mountain range – the Cordillera Real.
• 10.00 hrs Upon arrival we will start the tour to Taquile with a 1 hour walk up to the village, where we will have direct contact with the villagers, share work experiences, learn about their culture, traditions, customs, handicrafts, daily activities, dances and music. Taquile Island is a huge island that is characterized by its beautiful fabrics, and its friendly people, we will enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lake Titicaca in its greatest magnitude.
• On this tour in Taquile you will see the spinning and weaving are done mainly by men, starting at the age of eight years old. Life in Taquile is still largely unchanged by modernity. The visit will take an average of 2 hours and you will have 1 hour to taste a delicious typical lunch.
•  Lunch on the Island. We will taste the typical – natural food of the place.
• 14.00 hrs Approximately we return to the city of Puno.
• 17.00 hrs Arrival to the port.

Hotel: HOTEL CASONA HOTEL PLAZA

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – PASSENGER

Day 2: Puno – Virgen de la Candelaria – Puno

• 05.30 hrs It is the central day of the Festival. At dawn the groups visit the cemeteries to salute the deceased members.
• 07.30 – 07.45 hrs We will pick you up at your hotel to go through the streets full of dancers to the Stadium where the Puno dance contest will take place.
• 08.00 hrs Parallel to this, the Enrique Torres Belon Stadium in the city of Puno, is the scene of the LVI Great Contest of Autochthonous Dances, every year this contest attracts many tourists from around the world, who are amazed to see the enormous native wealth that Puno has. The wifalas, the chacareros and carnivals are the ones that get the applause.
• 10.00 hrs A community mass is held by the Parish Priest of the Sanctuary, the devotees pay homage to the Virgen Morena. Afterwards, the procession is carried out through the streets of the city, and after the procession the “alferados” are changed. The parishioners accompany the image of the Virgen de la Candelaria on its route, carrying candles and accompanied by a band of musicians.
• At the end of the procession, the groups go out towards the Sanctuary of the Virgin to greet the Mamita Candelaria.

Hotel: HOTEL CASONA HOTEL PLAZA

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH and DINNER – PASSENGER