Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a
population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate).
The city was established in 1668 by viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro
as capital of the province of Paucarcolla with the name San Juan Bautista de
Puno. The name was later changed to San Carlos de Puno, in honor of king
Charles II of Spain.
Puno has several churches dating back from the colonial period; they were
built to service the Spanish population and evangelize the Quechua people.
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Panorama of Puno
In the background we can see Lake Titicaca.
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Ekeko
The Ekeko is the Tiwanakan (pre Columbian civilization) god of abundance
and prosperity in the mythology and folklore of the people from the
Bolivian Altiplano.
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The Ekeko is depicted as a man with a mustache wearing traditional
Andean clothes (especially the poncho) and completely loaded with bags
and baskets with grain and food, (compare with the cornucopia of some
Greco-Roman deities), household objects, and currency bills, and
basically anything that a person is thought to want or need to have a
comfortable and prosperous life.
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He is commonly found as a little statue to be put in some place of the
house, preferably a comfortable one, but also as an amulet attached to
key rings.
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Its chief importance in popular culture is as the main figure of the
annual Alasitas fair, a cultural event that happens every January 24
in La Paz, Bolivia.
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In Peru the main festival is celebrated on May 3 of every year in the
city of Puno, on the Machallata hill.
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See more at
Ekeko - Wikipedia.
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