Public Holidays

New Year                                             January 1st
Holy week                                            April 1st & 2nd
Labor Day                                            May 1st
Saint Peter and Saint Paul                June 29th
Independence Day                             July 28th
Saint Rose of Lima                             August 30
Battle of Angamos                              October 8th
All Saint Day                                         November 1st
Immaculate Conception                    December 8th
Christmas                                            December 25th

November 1st. Día de todos los Santos

This day, Peru celebrates all the Saints as the Day on the Deceased. Almost all people visit the cemetery to veil the deceased’s. For their visit, the family brings the favorite foods and drinks for the remembered deceased. The family also, cleans mausoleums and graves.
In Cuzco are some special bread with figures of babies called “wawas de pan”.

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