Trujillo Spring Festival
{{Infobox recurring event
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| begins = September
| ends = October
| frequency = annual
| years_active = 1950 - present
| first = 1950
| last = 62° edition (2012)
| participants =
| attendance = 25.000 (estimated)
| genre = Spring Festival
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| website = {{URL|http://www.clubdeleones.8k.com}}
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The Trujillo Spring Festival{{in lang|es}}{{cite web |year = |url = http://detrujillo.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=8|title = Festival de la Primavera en Trujillo|editor = |accessdate =September 29, 2012}}{{in lang|es}}{{cite web|url =http://dev.rpp.com.pe/2011-10-03-asi-se-vivio-el-festival-internacional-de-primavera-en-trujillo-foto_409374_4.html|archive-url =https://archive.today/20130113133956/http://dev.rpp.com.pe/2011-10-03-asi-se-vivio-el-festival-internacional-de-primavera-en-trujillo-foto_409374_4.html|url-status =dead|archive-date =January 13, 2013|title =Festival Internacional de Primavera en Trujillo|accessdate =September 29, 2012}} is a festival and cultural event that takes place in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, between the end of September and beginning of October each year. This spring festival is considered one of the most representative of Trujillo city and honors its nickname of City of the everlasting spring. This festival is also one of the largest in the country and attracts the attendance of thousands of tourists from around the planet.{{in lang|es}}{{cite web |year = |url = http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-09-28-trujillo-turistas-arriban-por-festival-internacional-de-primavera-noticia_408099.html|title = Turistas arriban por Festival Internacional de Primavera|editor = |accessdate =September 29, 2012}} The main attraction of this festival is a traditional Corsican or spring parade, involving mainly beauty queens of Lions clubs across the continent; in the parade there's a competition in the decoration about spring allegory and to be honored with the award called the gold lion. It is organized by the Lions Club of Trujillo.
History
The first Trujillo spring festival was held in 1950, and since that time has been held each year with the presence of many visitors from all around the world. The organization is in charge of the Lions Club of Trujillo. The International Spring Festival was formalized by Supreme Decree No. 15 of May 31, 1961 and by Act of Congress No. 15621 of September 28, 1965 which Trujillo was appointed with the title of "Capital of Spring" for the first government of Fernando Belaunde Terry.{{in lang|es}}{{cite web |year = |url = http://detrujillo.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=8|title = Trujillo Capital de la Primavera|editor = |accessdate =September 29, 2012}} In recent editions of the festival artistic presentations are made in various parts of the city.{{in lang|es}}{{cite web |year = |url = http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-09-28-trujillo-festival-de-primavera-llega-por-tercera-vez-a-moche-noticia_408031.html |title = Festival de Primavera llega por tercera vez a Moche|editor = |accessdate =September 29, 2012}} By the 61st International Spring Festival, through regional ordinance on September 30, 2011, in the province of Trujillo was declared a holiday.{{in lang|es}}{{cite web |year = |url = http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-09-26-declaran-feriado-no-laborable-por-festival-de-la-primavera-en-trujillo-noticia_407341.html|title = Feriado no laborable por Festival de la Primavera en Trujillo|editor = |accessdate =September 29, 2012}}
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Characters of the festival
- Queens
- Guaripolas
- Musician bands
- Dance groups
- Allegoric cars
Gallery
{{Gallery
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||Allegory of Spring
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|File:ReinasDePrimavera.jpg|Queens in the Paseo de Aguas in Víctor Larco District
|File:ReinasWaripolasEnvictorLarcoPeru.jpg|Spring Queens
|File:WaripolasEnvictorLarco.jpg|Guaripolas in Trujillo Spring Festival
|File:GuaripolasEnVictorLarco.jpg|Guaripolas in a show
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Peruvian paso in spring
During Trujillo spring festival in September and October there is peruvian paso contest.{{cite web |year = |url = http://www.trujillodelperu.com/caballos.html|title = Caballos de Paso-Festival de la Primavera |editor = |accessdate =October 1, 2012}} 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, [http://www.mpfn.gob.pe/distrito_judicial/infoturistica_detalle.php?dj=lalibertad&id=302 Ministerio Público – Fiscalía de la Nación: Información del distrito judicial La Libertad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514221721/http://www.mpfn.gob.pe/distrito_judicial/infoturistica_detalle.php?dj=lalibertad&id=302 |date=2012-05-14 }}. Consultado el 15 de abril de 2012. so as the Capital of the Marinera dance and as the city of the everlasting spring.
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|File: Mamacona (1387)-1-.JPG |Peruvian paso dancing marinera.
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Queens of Trujillo Spring festival
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| N° | Queen of festival | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilli Clarke Cabada | 1951 |
| 2 | Lucila Grijalba Yturri | 1952 |
| 3 | Janeth Barriga Bringas | 1954 |
| 4 | Teresa Pinillos Ganoza | 1956 |
| 5 | Rocío de la Riva Rossi | 1958 |
| 6 | Victoria Pinillos Monteverde | 1959 |
| 7 | Cecilia Manucci Vega | 1961 |
| 8 | Daisi Ganoza Birrel | 1967 |
| 9 | María Antonieta De Orbegoso Alvarado | 1968 |
| 10 | Mónica Ponce de León | 1969 |
| 11 | Ana María Hoyle Montalva | 1971 |
| 12 | Hortencia Rey Ganoza | 1973 |
| 13 | Yela Nestorovic Razzeto | 1974 |
| 14 | Sarita Bickel Vargas | 1975 |
| 15 | Jeanete Sánchez Ferrer Barriga | 1976 |
| 16 | Lía Iturri Cano | 1977 |
| 17 | Patricia Casuso Cubas | 1981 |
| 18 | María del Carmen Ganoza Delfín | 1983 |
| 19 | Ana Cecilia Morillas Abad | 1988 |
| 20 | Catherine Deheza Vásquez | 1999 |
| 21 | María Florencia de Orbegoso Piedra | 1997 |
| 22 | Lorena Mantilla | 2010 |
| 23 | Estrella Delgado Parker Vanini{{cite web |year =2012 |url =http://laindustria.pe/trujillo/local/cultura-moche-deslumbra-embajadoras-de-primavera |title =Cultura Moche deslumbra a embajadoras de Primavera |accessdate =October 1, 2012 |url-status =dead |archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20121005055002/http://laindustria.pe/trujillo/local/cultura-moche-deslumbra-embajadoras-de-primavera |archivedate =October 5, 2012 }} | 2012 |
See also
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- Trujillo Marinera Festival
- San Jose Festival
- International Festival of Lyric Singing
- Santiago de Huamán
- Victor Larco Herrera District
- Historic Centre of Trujillo
- Trujillo Book Festival
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References
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External links
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- [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-8.0742302&lon=-79.0637501&z=11&l=3&m=b&search=Trujillo%20Peru Map of Trujillo, the city of this Spring festival]
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- {{YouTube|3l4wB0L96s8|"International Spring Festival in Trujillo" with Victor Calderon}}
- {{YouTube|Joa9djbAa80|Marinera Festival}}