The International Spring Festival
Being
the “Capital of the everlasting spring” means we take the International Spring
Festival very serious. Therefore is one of the major events, where the city
dresses with lively colors and welcome the arrival of the new season with a
full-day parade. This
tradition was created in 1950 by the “Club de Leones de Trujillo”, which
members wanted to make a representative festivity to celebrate spring. In order
to do so, they selected a “Queen of the Spring” and they decorated floats with
natural flowers, followed by the traditional Peruvian Horses. Since then, the
parade has become one of the most representative festival in town, and every
year gets a massive response from the population.
If
you want to enjoy the parade from a privilege place and you do not feel like
getting up early in the morning, you can always rent a chair. Nowadays
the variety of theme in the parade has expanded and you can see from local
marinera dancers to traditional jungle ones. Besides, high schools marching
bands and the traditional majorettes or “wuaripolas” from the U.S, among
others. And
if you get hungry, NO PROBLEM! There are traditional food like “anticucho”
(like a shish kabob) “papa rellena”, or sweets like cotton candy, popcorn and
candy apple in every single corner. So
if you are around and you want to enjoy a colorful and fun parade then there is
no excuse to miss the International Spring Festival of Trujillo.
Some of the most appreciated
participants in the festival each year are the "Guaripoleras". The
Guaripoleras animate the principal parade and give artistic presentations in several
locations in the city. The
Guaripolera is generally a young girl who leads every band of musicians in the
principal parade for the Spring Festival. She often juggles and gives a show of
dancing and acrobatic maneuvering using a bar or stick, called a guaripola. She
dresses in a one-piece swimsuit and uses a bar of metal during her performance.
The festival presents approximately 10 Guaripolas, with each one giving an
independent show (dancing and acrobatic maneuvering with a bar or stick called
guaripola) with a band.
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