Trujillo Marinera Festival is a Peruvian cultural event held annually in Trujillo city in January. The event focuses on a dance contest called the

marinera Marinera is a courtship dance that originated along the coastal regions of Peru, using handkerchiefs as props. The dance is a mix of Spanish contradanza and Andean zamacueca, and is a stylized reenactment of a courtship, showing a blend of th ...

, a typical dance of the city and of the country. The festival also presents parades, presentations and competitions of

Peruvian paso The Peruvian Horse is a breed of light saddle horse known for its smooth ride. It is distinguished by a natural, four-beat, lateral gait called the ''paso llano.'' This breed is protected by the Peruvian government through Decree number 25919 o ...

horses. Both the marinera dance and the Peruvian paso horse have been declared to be part of the ''cultural heritage of the nation'' by the Peruvian government. This

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is one of the most important cultural events and representative of the country and Trujillo city has been recognized by the Peruvian government as the ''National Capital Marinera'' by Law Number 24447, of January 24, 1986.

Description

Trujillo is home to the

national competition each year. It is a typical dance of the city, organized by the Trujillo Club Libertad and it is performed in the last week of January. Many dance partners from different parts of the country and foreign guests come to the contest every year to compete in the categories of the competition that draws thousands of tourists from around the world. It also highlights the corso through the main streets of the Historic Centre that ends in main Square of Trujillo and the presentation of the typical

in the city. The festival begins with the presentation of the Queen that represents this Marinera Festival then it happen several cultural events for the public attending the festival.

Events

Marinera contest

The National Marinera Contest is held every year during the month of January, in the city of Trujillo. Are presented pairs of dancers from around the country competing in different categories. Dances are entertained by bands of musicians in the city.

Parade

It takes place in the streets of the

Historic Centre of Trujillo The Historic Centre of Trujillo is the main urban area and the most important center of development and unfolding in the Peruvian city of Trujillo located in La Libertad Region. The whole process of its original urban fabric is in elliptical s ...

. The dancers and queens participate in this parade with cars decorated with things for the festival, the parade ends in the Plaza de Armas of Trujillo with dances of marinera.

Characters of the festival

The principal characters are: *Queen of

Marinera Marinera is a courtship dance that originated along the coastal regions of Peru, using handkerchiefs as props. The dance is a mix of Spanish contradanza and Andean zamacueca, and is a stylized reenactment of a courtship, showing a blend of th ...

she is the queen of the festival. *Dance Champions, the best dancers of the before edition and some invited dancers. *Dancers, they compete for categories. *Bands of musicians, they animate the dances for the competitions.

Peruvian paso in festival

During Trujillo marinera festival in January of every year there is also

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contest. Trujillo is known and considered as the ''Cradle of the typical Peruvian Paso Horse''Tourist Climate Guide - Perú, Page 115 http://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=0702 as well as the ''Capital of Culture of Peru''Fiscalía de la Nación
Ministerio Público – Fiscalía de la Nación: Información del distrito judicial La Libertad
. Consultado el 15 de abril de 2012. so as the ''Capital of the

'' dance, which is one of the most important cultural events in the country.

Gallery

Queens of Marinera festival

Some of the queens of Marinera Festival are the following:

Winners of marinera dance

Some of the winners of Marinera Festival are the following:

References

External links

{{commons, Trujillo (Perú)
Map of Trujillo, the city of this Marinera festival
Festivals in Trujillo, Peru Folk festivals in Peru