Festival Internacional de la Primavera de TrujilloPeru
The Trujillo Spring Festival is a festival and cultural event that takes place in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, between the end of September and beginning of October each year.
The Trujillo Spring Festival is a festival and cultural event that takes place in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, between the end of September and beginning of October each year.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Peru
Written in its own script on record as Festival Internacional de la Primavera de Trujillo.
03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe first Trujillo spring festival was held in 1950, and since that time has been held each year with the presence of many visitors from all around the world.
Characters of the festivalQueens Guaripolas Musician bands Dance groups Allegoric cars
Peruvian paso in springDuring Trujillo spring festival in September and October there is a Peruvian Paso contest.
Media"International Spring Festival in Trujillo" with Victor Calderon on YouTube Marinera Festival on YouTube
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Trujillo Spring Festival in plain words?
The Trujillo Spring Festival is a festival and cultural event that takes place in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, between the end of September and beginning of October each year. In local script on record, it is written Festival Internacional de la Primavera de Trujillo.
Where is Trujillo Spring Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Trujillo Spring Festival in Peru.
What is the current condition of Trujillo Spring Festival today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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The Trujillo Spring Festival is a festival and cultural event that takes place in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, between the end of September and beginning of October each year. This spring festival is considered one of the most representative of Trujillo city and honors its nickname of City of the everlasting spring. This festival is also one of the largest in the country and attracts the attendance of thousands of tourists from around the planet. The main attraction of this festival is a traditional Corsican or spring parade, involving mainly beauty queens of Lions clubs across the continent; in the parade there's a competition in the decoration about spring allegory and to be honored with the award called the gold lion. It is organized by the Lions Club of Trujillo. 1
History
The first Trujillo spring festival was held in 1950, and since that time has been held each year with the presence of many visitors from all around the world. The organization is in charge of the Lions Club of Trujillo. The International Spring Festival was formalized by Supreme Decree No. 15 of May 31, 1961 and by Act of Congress No. 15621 of September 28, 1965 which Trujillo was appointed with the title of "Capital of Spring" for the first government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. In recent editions of the festival artistic presentations are made in various parts of the city. By the 61st International Spring Festival, through regional ordinance on September 30, 2011, in the province of Trujillo was declared a holiday. 1
Characters of the festival
Queens
Guaripolas
Musician bands
Dance groups
Allegoric cars 1
Peruvian paso in spring
During Trujillo spring festival in September and October there is a Peruvian Paso contest. Trujillo is known and considered as the Cradle of the typical Peruvian Paso Horse as well as the Capital of Culture of Peru so as the Capital of the Marinera dance and as the city of the everlasting spring. 1
Media
"International Spring Festival in Trujillo" with Victor Calderon on YouTube
Marinera Festival on YouTube 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Trujillo Spring Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Trujillo Spring Festival is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2
