Trujillo Marinera Festival is a Peruvian cultural event held annually in Trujillo city in January. The event focuses on a dance contest called the marinera, a typical dance of the city and of the country. The festival also presents parades, presentations and competitions of Peruvian paso horses. Both the marinera dance and the Peruvian paso horse have been declared to be part of the cultural heritage of the nation by the Peruvian government. This festival is one of the most important cultural events and representative of the country and Trujillo city has been recognized by the Peruvian government as the National Capital Marinera by Law Number 24447, of January 24, 1986.
Description
Trujillo is home to the marinera national competition each year. It is a typical dance of the city, organized by the Trujillo Club Libertad and it is performed in the last week of January. Many dance partners from different parts of the country and foreign guests come to the contest every year to compete in the categories of the competition. The festival draws thousands of tourists from around the world. It also highlights the corso through the main streets of the Historic Centre that ends in main Square of Trujillo and the presentation of the typical Peruvian paso in the city. The festival begins with the presentation of the Queen that represents the Marinera Festival. There are then several cultural events for those attending the festival.
Events
Marinera contest The National Marinera Contest is held every year during the month of January, in the city of Trujillo. Presented pairs of dancers from around the country compete in different categories. Dances are accompanied by bands of musicians in the city. The Marinera is a traditional Peruvian dance named in honor of the country's navy ("marinero" is Spanish for "sailor" or "seaman"). One of the most specialized forms of the Marinera involves dancing alongside the Peruvian Paso horse.
Parade It takes place in the streets of the Historic Centre of Trujillo. The dancers and queens participate in this parade with cars decorated for the festival. The parade ends in the Plaza de Armas of Trujillo with dances of marinera.
Characters of the festival The principal characters are:
Queen of Marinera is the queen of the festival. Dance Champions are the best dancers of the before edition and some invited dancers. Dancers compete for categories. Bands of musicians animate the dances for the competitions.
Peruvian paso in festival During Trujillo marinera festival in January of every year there is also peruvian paso contest. Trujillo is known and considered as the Cradle of the typical Peruvian Paso HorseTourist Climate Guide - Perú, Page 115 http://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=0702 as well as the Capital of Culture of PeruFiscalía de la Nación, Ministerio Público – Fiscalía de la Nación: Información del distrito judicial La Libertad . Consultado el 15 de abril de 2012. so as the Capital of the Marinera dance, which is one of the most important cultural events in the country.
Gallery
Queens of Marinera festival Some of the queens of Marinera Festival are the following: Year Queen of festivalEdition2013Stephanie Jones Monteverde 53rd2012 Gabriela Airaldi Doig 52nd
Winners of marinera dance Some of the winners of Marinera Festival are the following: Year DancersEditionCategory2011Gino Morales Lizet Castañeda 51stChampions
See also Trujillo Spring Festival San Jose Festival Trujillo Book Festival International Festival of Lyric Singing Trujillo Santiago de Huamán Victor Larco Herrera District Guillermo Ganoza Vargas
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References
External links
Map of Trujillo, the city of this Marinera festival