SOUTH AMERICA

CULTURE: PERU - QUECHUA

PERU

THEY LIVE IN PERU

They are from Peru

They are Peruvian

The capital of Peru is Lima

Lima

FLAG OF PERU

EMBLEM

QUECHUALANGUAGES SPOKEN IN PERU

NATIVE LANGUAGES

SPANISH

They speak Spanish, Quechua and other native languages.

TYPE OF HOUSE PALAFITO

It’s called palafito. It’s made of wood and it’s built over the river.

CEVICHESeafood

TYPICAL FOODFROM PERU

PACHAMANCABaked meat

ANTICUCHOSMeat and SpicesThey like to

eat…..

Quechuas like…

MAZAMORRA WITH CHUROS

Main ingredient:

CORN

YAMOR (Drink)

CHAMPÚS(Fruits, cereals,…)

GEOGRAPHY

THE ANDES MOUNTAIN

RANGE

AMAZON RIVER

Huascarán is the highest mountain in Peru (6.768m).

It’s the 2nd longest and the largest by waterflow in the

world.

AMAZON RAINFOREST

It’s the largest and the most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the

world.

LAKE TITICACA

It’s the largest lake in South America.

REPTILES

ANIMALS

BIRDS

JAGUAR

ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK

LLAMA

VICUÑA

CONDOR TOUCAN

ALPACA

MOSS

PLANTS CACTUS

PALM TREES

ORCHIDS

BROMELIADS

QUINA TREE

CAT’S CLAW

CEDRUS

CANTUTA

It’s the national flower in

Peru.

WEATHER

AMAZON

COAST

At the coast, It´s sunny, rainy, and warm.

In the rainforest, It rains a lot.

CURRENCY NUEVO SOL

CLOTHES TRADICIONAL CLOTHES

SPORTS MOST POPULAR

Nuevo Sol is the currency of Peru.

Football is the most popular sport in Peru.

They wear colourful clothes (trousers, skirts, ponchos, jackets) and hats and sandals.

FAMILY

Quechuas form a huge family called Ayllu. The residential unit is called Llacta. Parents arrange their children’s marriage. The groom (boy) must provide a service to his fiance’s (girl) parents. They have a close friendship, extending the Ayllu, and they keep it giving goods and services. This friendship is so important that it is considered as blood ties.

JOBS

They are farmers (agriculture and stockbreeding). They also work on crafts and trade.

RELIGION CATHOLIC

The majority of Peruvians are catholic.

Quechuas are polytheistic, that is, they believe in a last God, Viracocha, and deify Nature as a being: Inti (Sun), Quilla (Moon), Chucuilla or Illapa (Ray) and Chasca (star).Pachamama (abundance) is the God of Mother Earth.They used to sacrifice animals (Llamas) and even little children.

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

They go by llama or on foot.

MONUMENTS

MACCHU PICCHU(Historic sanctuary)

Inca’s lost cityMANCO CÁPAC

STATUE(1st founder of Inca

culture in Cuzco)

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Carlos Noriega

Mario Vargas Llosa

ASTRONAUT

WRITER

MUSIC & ART

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

SIKU (IN QUECHUA:

ANTARA)

CHARANGOIt’s the national

instrument in Peru.

LITERATURE

Famous play: QLLANTAY

CRAFTS

Ceramics: KEROS

Jewelry, clothes,…

CURIOSITIES

INCA

Hello Rimaykullayki 

GREETINGS

The Quechua indians are the direct descendants of the Incas.

• Some Quechuas live in the mountains (The Andes) and others in the jungle (Amazon River).

• Cuzco is the capital of the Inca empire.

• Quechua means abundance..