nPosted on August 15, 2017
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nToday there will be a Friendship Parade down the streets of Arequipa, in Peru.
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| The Friendship Parade is known for encouraging audience members to dance along with the music! |
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nFor weeks Peruvians and tourists have been enjoying a variety of celebratory fairs – from the Ironwork Art Fair to the Sillar (volcanic stone) Art Fair to the Sweets Fair. There have been music festivals, fashion shows, and more.
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| Something to look for at the Sweets Fair is mazamorra morada – purple pudding. It’s made of corn and fruit and deliciousness. |
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nBut today is THE day, the big day. In addition to the huge, long parade, there is a Miss Arequipa contest. There’s loads of food.There’s a volcano-climbing contest.
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nAll of these festivities remember the 1540 founding of the town by a Spaniard named Garcí Manuel de Carbajal.
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nArequipa is known as the White City, because it is mostly constructed out of sillar, a kind of white volcanic stone:
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nOf course, white buildings can take on different colors depending on the light!
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nThe main plaza is gorgeous, isn’t it?
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nThere are three volcanos near the city, but it is the biggest, el Misti, that contestants climb today!
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| View of el Misti from Arequipa (above), and view from the top (below). |
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nAlso on this date:
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nBon in August
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nMycologist Elias Fries’s birthday
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nNational Honey Bee Day
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nPrincely Celebrations in Liechtenstein
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nRestoration of Light Day in South Korea
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nIndependence Day in the Republic of the Congo
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nChauvin Day
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nInternational Homeless Animals Day
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nThe Flooding of the Nile
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