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  Peruvian food The origins of this dish go back to Pre-Columbian Peru. The first Western chronicler who talked about “huatia” was the priest Francisco de Ávila around the 1600 by gathering the existing myths between the Huarochirí villages, in the Limean highlands which pointed the Huaitiacuri God figure. To prepare this dish, first we have to make a little excavation, if there’s a large group of people the excavation will need a bigger diameter. To heat this huatia, as there’s no firewood people use ichu (a type of straw) or some animal’s dung. Once its heated, potatoes or sweet potatoes are added, also we can include meat (lamb, alpaca, etc.). Rolled in cabbage leaves, the cooking takes approximately 40 minutes, once it’s cooked, it is served for the community and guests. The huatia in our Andean culture is connected to the rituals which take an important role in our way of living, usually this has been expressed as the way we prepared food in the lands, not only the huatia but ...
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Chicha Culture: More Aspects

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ART Talking about Chicha is not that easy as it may be uncomfortable for some people, but the truth is that Chicha culture has become very popular and so easy recognizable that nobody can deny its 100% Peruvian. As we know it today, the chicha culture represents the manifestation of a set of situations that corresponded to a society in transformation, a transition from an aristocratic-Creole society to a society established as more democratic, where all cultures coexist. , within a modern social context. However, in order for the Chica culture to establish itself as such, a series of events had to take place. The esthetic in Chicha Culture is very particular, as Quispe mentions " the phosphorescent color its contrasting combinations, typography, colloquial saying and popular phrases " CHICHA   ENTREPRENEURSHIP Because of terrorism, many immigrants who lived in the highlands had to abandon their homes and were forced to create their own rules and new means of work.  This is ho...
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Chicha Culture: Music

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Chicha Culture We know that Chicha culture is part of Peruvian history as well as one special characteristic that makes our culture easily recognizable. Even though most people recognize "chicha" as a beverage but in reality is more than that. Iriarte mentions that this wonderful manifestation represents part of a social sector, mainly compound by people from the Andes who appear in the capital to conquer and make their new culture in order to fit in properly. This Culture has been represented in different aspects such as music, transforming the "huayno" to a new musical aspect; Arguedas used to say that huayno is a print, clear and very detailed which can not be easily put aside. Even nowadays, we know the impact it has in celebrations. We also have a nice reference from Matos Mar, who explains how the chicha music emerged from an unban creation, from those humble people who lived in crowded areas without chances of moving forward. References: Arguedas, J. (1985)....
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Overcoming barriers with Chicha Culture

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MISSION: To demonstrate acceptance and recognition through Chicha Culture. VISSION: To see how Peruvian history has changed in terms of culture, combining city and rural visions ending in Chicha Culture. INTRODUCTION: Nowadays Chicha Culture seems like a big representation of Peru all around the world. But the story behind is quite different.  Some decades ago Peru and its people confronted massive migration due to lack of better opportunities in rural areas, also terrorism began to impact in many aspects of people's lives. As rural people began to abandon their homes and go to the main city, they had to face stigmas and rejection. So, in order to obtain some recognition, acceptance and respect, they began to create a new culture, their own culture to mix both realities in one, Chicha Culture.
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