Peru+3

media type="custom" key="3647903" width="289" height="190"Group Members for Peru 3:
 * Julie H. ♥♦♣
 * Shaundra C. ♪☼☻

Nature: Shaundra & Julie

Food: Julie & Shaundra

Sports: Shaundra & Julie

Performing Arts: Julie & Shaundra

Architecture/History/Ruins: Shaundra & Julie

Holidays/Festivals/Events: Julie & Shaundra

Tourist Attractions/Major cities: Shaundra & Julie

Other: Julie & Shaundra

Chicken, pork and lamb were introduced to Peru 500 years ago. Other ingredients, like potatoes, were already being grow in the Peruvian Andes. Today more than 200 varieties of potato can be found in the Lake Titicaca area. They range in color from purple to blue, from yellow to brown. Sizes and textures vary as well. Some are smalls as nuts; others can be as large as oranges.
 * FOOD:** Peru is famous throughout South America for its food. The primary ingredients found in nearly every Peruvian dish are rice, potatoes, chichen, pork, lamb, and fish. Most of these meals include one of the different kinds of "aji", or Peruvian hot pepper, which mainly are: yellow aji pepper, red aji pepper, red rocoto pepper.


 * HISTORY:** Peru is best known as the heart of the Inca empire, but it was home to many cultures before the Incas arrived. It was at about 2500 B.C. that climatic changes in the coastal regions encouraged Peru's early inhabitants to move toward the more fertile interior river valleys. For the next 1500 years, Peruvian civilization developed into a number of organized cultures. Such cultures included Chavìn and Sechìn.


 * SPORTS:** The most famous sport in Peru is soccer, or fútbol. Other sports include: surfing and water rafting.

There are many types of nature in Peru. One of these types is a rainforest, and one of the most famous rainforests in Peru is the Amazon rainforest. Below are pictures of some animals in the Amazon rainforest.
 * NATURE**:

MUSIC: ARCHITECTURE: CELEBRATIONS:** Peru is a country full of history and traditions where you can enjoy vivid festivals and celebrations all year round. Geographically, Peru itself is varied and interesting, as are its people. At any time, there is always something to celebrate. In fact, Peru is a wonderful place for tourists, who can witness the Peruvian history through the traditions and celebrations of the Peruvians of today.
 * PERFORMING ARTS:

Machu Picchu- Plaza de Armas- Cusco- This is the Peruvian Inca Orchid.**
 * TOURIST ATTRACTIONS:**
 * OTHER:

In Peru about 3000 typical fiestas are celebrated every year. The majority of those are organized to celebrate the day of a saint. This religious day, originally introduced by the Spaniards, was accepted by the Peruvian inhabitants as for them it had little to do with Catholicism, so much more with an old Inca ritual. Especially in the traditional village high up in the mountains or in the jungle, there are several traditional celebrations, that related to ancient myths and/or important agricultural dates.


 * RELIGION:**

Most citizens of Peru are Catholic.