PERUVIAN POPULAR ART AND CULTURE ARE AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING

- From October 2 to 9 of this year, Cusco will host the II Meeting of Artisans "Guardians of popular art and biodiversity", - A joint project between social organizations and public entities promotes and seeks to strengthen the artistic expressions of Andean and Amazonian communities in the region. Cusco - Peru is considered among the seven millenary cultures of the world. In this sense, popular art is vital for the conservation of its cultural traditions, knowledge and wisdom transmitted orally from generation to generation. Its Andean and Amazonian peoples, mainly, have this sacred mission. According to the National Registry of Artisans of Peru, as of 2021, about 20% of the people engaged in this activity are concentrated in Cusco, due to its great cultural heritage. However, with the progressive decrease of artisans, the living culture has a high risk of becoming extinct in the future. The handicraft sector (which already had a precarious economy, subsisting on its mai...