Puno Travel Forum

Does any one knows when is the carnaval in Puno?

It seems to be very impressionant,people dancing for at least one week....in traditional close!!

Hola P4, hate to show my geographical ignorance, but where exactly is Puno? lol

Amazonas
Sorry to hear that news about inundation and landslides. I now read in El Commercio (Lima-Perú) on Internet that the Red Cross has started a campain with name "El sur nuevamente en emergencia" (The south once more in emergency), to collect money for damages in the south.
Anchovy56
Puno is a town in the south part of Perú, at the side of the lake Titicaca. Puno is also the capital of the Departemento of Puno (=great district). P4 refers of course to the town.
(If you want to find it on your map, look at S15.90, W70.00, +3,827 m.)
Patrizia
La fiesta mas grande "La fiesta de la Candelaria" is celebrated for almost 20 days, from 1 to 19 February (it starts in fact the 24 of Januari with some religious ceremonies). The dance competitions starts the 2 of February.
In the celebration "Mamacha Candelaria" - says my little book - some 4000 dancing persons participate. The number of tourists at this time in Puno is about 60,000. I have in my book a list of 25 other fiestas in Puno, but as I said, Candelaria is the most important one.
Puno is still on my wishing-list and has so been for years!
Best regards
Hĺkan