Culture- El Peru

1. ___Lima______ es la capital de El Perú.

2. _____Pedro Castillo_______________es el presidente de El Perú.
3. ________MACHU PICCHU_____________is an Incan city built atop the Andes.
4. Nuevo Sol is the ____ Currency _____________________ of El Perú.
5. Pima and Tanguis are Peruvian ___PIMA Y TANGUIS___________________.
6. _________________LA VICUÑA_______is the national animal.
7. El Perú is home to the ____________PUYA RAIMONDI_______________, the world’s
tallest flowering plant.
8. The coca plant, found in el Perú is where ____Cocaine_____________ originated.
9. ___________LA MARINERA______________ is the national dance. Mimics mating
ritual of a bird.
10. _______SIRVINACUY________________ is a pre-marital requirement. The woman
works with her mother-in-law and the man with his father-in-law. They can sleep together
and if a child is conceived then they can marry.
11. _______SHAMAN________________ or curanderos, are considered healers.
12. It is tradition to give _____YELLOW UNDERPANTS________________________ on
New Year’s Eve.
13. The hairless dog, __________El PERRO CALATO__________________________is a
good Seeing Eye dog.
14. The ______CONDOR_________________ is the national symbol of El Perú.
15. CUY is a guinea pig.
16. Los peruanos may have been the ones to introduce the ___Patotoes__________ to
Europe through the Spaniards.
17. The ________CAMU-CAMU FRUIT________________ grows in the Amazon rainforest
in el Perú and Brazil.
18. _________Pisco___________________ is a national drink made of Pisco (grape
brandy) and other items.
19. In Quebrada, in September, La Festival del Gastronómico del Gato (Gastronomic
Festival of the Cat) takes place. It commemorates the arrival of Spanish settlers who
were forced to eat cats when they first arrived. Each year, at least 100 cats are
barbecued and consumed. A judge recently banned the festival.
20. Largest exporter of ________asperigust________________.
21. _____The Sapo Game___________ is a popular local game in el Perú ,played in
_________UNA PICANTERÍA________, small local restaurants.