The Flag procession ( es, Procesión de la Bandera) is a civic-military
ceremony
A ceremony (, ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.
The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin '' caerimonia''.
Church and civil (secular) ...
held annually in the
Peruvian city of
Tacna on August 28 with the purpose of commemorating the date on which
Tacna Province rejoined Peru after the period of
Chilean occupation that lasted from 1880 until 1929, when the
Treaty of Lima
Treaty of Lima refers to a number of treaties.
* Treaty of Lima (1848), more formally known as the Treaty of Confederation between the Republics of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and New Granada, was signed on February 8, 1848.
* Treaty of Lima (18 ...
was signed, as a consequence of the
War of the Pacific.
It is part of the
Cultural heritage of Peru since 2009.
History
The event that gave rise to the tradition occurred on July 28, 1901, when, still under
Chilean administration, a civil association obtained authorization from the occupying country to have the
Peruvian flag blessed in the
San Ramón Church and paraded through the streets of
Tacna on the occasion of celebrating the
national holiday of Peru. The event was finally authorized by the Chilean authorities, under the commitment to be carried out under the absolute silence of the Peruvian citizens. Compliance with this agreement allowed it to be carried out in the future and became a symbol for the irredentists. Starting in 1929, this ceremony is held every August 28 as it is the date on which Chile
transferred effective control of the
province of Tacna to the Peruvian authorities, as a consequence of the
Treaty of Lima
Treaty of Lima refers to a number of treaties.
* Treaty of Lima (1848), more formally known as the Treaty of Confederation between the Republics of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and New Granada, was signed on February 8, 1848.
* Treaty of Lima (18 ...
of 1929.
See also
*
Chilean–Peruvian territorial dispute
The Chilean–Peruvian territorial dispute is a territorial dispute between Chile and Peru that started in the aftermath of the War of the Pacific and ended significantly in 1929 with the signing of the Treaty of Lima and in 2014 with a ruling by ...
References
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History of Tacna Region
National symbols of Peru
Cultural heritage of Peru