CA JAMARCA

• Cajamarca is located in the northern • Cajamarca has an estimated population of

highlands of Peru at approximately about 226,031 inhabitants, making it the
2,750 m above sea level in the valley 13th largest city in Peru.
of the Mashcon river.

Mashcon river
• Cajamarca is home to the annual
celebration of Carnival.
• Carnival celebrations are full of
parades, autochthonous dances and
other cultural activities. A local
Carnival custom is to spill water
and/or some paint among friends
or bypassers.
• Cajamarca has six Christian churches of Spanish colonial style: San Jose, La Recoleta, La
Immaculada Concepcion, San Antonio, the Cathedral and El Belen. Although all were built in the
seventeenth century.
• The greatest cultural attraction of
Cajamarca is The Ransom
Room (El Cuarto del Rescate) is a
small building located
in Cajamarca, Peru. It is
considered to be the place where
the Inca Empire came to an end
with the capture and eventual
execution of
the Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
 QEWAYLLO
The Qewayllo is a wind instrument
typical of traditional Peruvian
music and also declared Cultural
Heritage of the Nation. It is
performed only by men, it has a
technique considered by some as
'difficult' since to play it
the clarinero must take with one hand
the body of the instrument.