TYPICAL DISHES

Pisco is renowned for its wide variety of dishes and for its good cuisine, the numerous
restaurants can satisfy the demands of every goumert. Among the traditional stews we
can highlight the following:

1. Chilcano.
2. Locro De Zapallo.
3. Shrimp soup.
4. Fan Shell Ceviche.
5. Marinade.
6. The cau cau.
7. Hedgehog Ceviche.
8. The Picarones.
9. The Lomo Saltado

HANDICRAFTS

In the city of Paracas and near the beach you can find some stalls that offer crafts and
decorations made of fossilized stones, polished stones, seashells and snails. Other
examples we have: engraved stones, carved wood, ceramic bottles, embossed leather,
replicas of Paracas and Nasca ceramics, musical instruments, silverware and filigrams,
etc.
 BELIEFS AND LEGENDS

There was a time, back in the nineties, when the

boom in garlic necklaces, stakes, wooden crosses
and other gadgets to defend oneself from demons
and vampires was unleashed throughout Pisco,
which without the slightest warning, They could
penetrate your house and take the vital fluid of
your entire family. All this happened because in
a program by Cristina Saralegui they talked
about the existence of 3 vampiresses in the
world, and one, coincidentally, was in Pisco,
buried long ago and whose name was Sara
Hellen . Sara Hellen was the wife of an English
merchant sailor. and what, oh! coincidences of
life, she became seriously ill when her husband
had anchored in Pisco. It seems that one of the
remedies they gave her was a daily glass of
blood, which gave the impression at some point
that this lady was, in fact, feeding on real blood.

Another story was that of the farm that was the work of the devil. It turns out that its
owner, suffering from imminent bankruptcy and poverty, sealed a pact with the devil so
that he would provide him with everything necessary for his farm to prosper. So it was.
The demon, from one day to the next, built a canal that diverted the water from the
river, provided sun, fertilized the land, sowed very good seeds and the farm, suddenly,
became one of the richest in the region. Overnight this landowner became a rich man.
The day of his death, and since the devil had fulfilled his part of the deal, it was time to
pay the debts. They never found his body, it is said that it was the devil who took him,
and so that the inhabitants of the fief would not panic, his closest servants decided to
bury a dry banana trunk in his place.

FOLKKLORE

Folklore, a Spanishized English word, means the set of traditions, creations and customs
of the popular classes.

The Province of Pisco is heir to the knowledge and feelings of our ancestors, their songs
and music accompanied by their body expression create mime dance and dance as forms
of communication. The need to express feelings and the custom of thanking their gods
are the ceremonies that became the patron saint's festivals.
Black Dances.- In the department of Ica, Afro-Peruvian dances originating from slaves
brought from Africa for agricultural work are very widespread. These have created a
legend in Peruvian folklore due to the richness of their cultural and artistic expressions.

Paso Horse.- When the Spanish arrived in Peru they brought the nervous and small
Cordovan horse, a descendant of the Berber, but they had to cross immense Peruvian
deserts and since the trips were so long and water was scarce, they had to be done
quickly and required the maximum effort to the horse.

Cockfights .- In the rural area of Ica, cockfights are very widespread where beautiful
ajiseco and carmel specimens challenge their lives with skill and gallantry. The public
places their bets with overflowing emotion.

Traditional Medicine.- In the town of Cachiche and in the rural areas of Ica, folk
medicine is developed, with Ica being one of the most recognized areas nationally for
the experience of its healers.

PISQUEÑA MUSIC

Most of the dances can be seen in the country restaurants that are social gathering
centers, where groups of people dressed in typical costumes demonstrate our traditional
music.

Within Pisco music we have our glorious Hymn to Pisco composed by Carmen
Cafferata (words and music), which is shown below:

Hymn to Pisco
 Children of Pisco, Let's March United
In pursuit of work and the future,
One soul, one idea
And in a noble fight win at the end.

May our soil be blessed

Continue in progress and in peace
And may there be light in your life
Of fraternal union
Let your ideal shine.

Hail to you, Pisco.

What a new dawn
shine in the sky
From our land;
And in the blue waves that sing
You hear this cry: Strength and Union! (Bis)

TRADITIONS

 Traditional holidays

Pisco Sour Day - First Saturday February

Labor Day - May 1
Fisherman's Day - June 29
Glorious Landing of the General. Don José de San Martín - September 8
 Religious festivals
Festivities of the Crosses - May
Month of the Virgin Mary and Rosary of Aurora – May
Procession of the Lord of Agony (Patron of Pisco) - Last Sunday of October
Saint Martin de Porres – November
Procession of Santa Rosa de Lima - August 30
Procession of Virgin of Chapi