Huancavelica is a town in central Peru that is the capital of the department of Huancavelica. It is located on the eastern slope of the Andes mountains along the banks of the Ichu Mantaro river. Some notable local dishes include tripe, Pachamanca, trout, roasted lamb, and Patachi. The traditional clothing for women includes a black hat decorated with flowers, colorful tassels in the hair, a white handkerchief, and a skirt with spades and coconut candies on the edges. For men, common clothing includes a black hat with flowers, a colorful tassel chullo hat, a scarf, shirt, pants and other accessories. Popular tourist destinations are the
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1. HUANCAVELICA
Description:
It is a town in central Peru, capital of the
department of Huancavelica, located on the
eastern slope of the Andes, on the banks of
the river Ichu Mantaro tributary.
3. Clothing: WOMAN
? Chuku (huancavelicano typical
black color hat, adorned with
flowers and sequins)
? Simpa watu (hair multicolored
tassels)
? White handkerchief
? Chumpi (Gaza multicolored
multicolored tassels)
? Monillo (fuchsia blouse
red, yellow, green, blue with pleats
and sequin embellishments)
? Wali (black colored skirt adorned
with coconut candies and spades on
the edges)
? Uku wali (inside Fust¨¢n usually
almost the same color of Monilla)
4. MALE
? black hat with flowers (singles)
? Loqo (chullo huancavelicano with multicolored
tassels).
? wallqa (usually white scarf with colored geometric
motifs) Red scarf
? White shirt or Aqsu
? Chumpi with watana (Gaza multicolored
multicolored tassels)
? Huaraka (multicolored tasseled wave)
? Maquitos (Mangas colors and geometric motifs)
? Wara (colored pants black cloth)
5. Tourist Places
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Plaza de Armas.
Puyas de Raimondi forest.
Church of San Sebastian.
Church of San Francisco.
Chuch of Santo Domingo.
Aguas Calientes.
Santa Barbara Mine or Mine Death.