Trujillo Marinera Festival

Trujillo Marinera Festival

Marinera dancers
Genre Costumbrist Festival
Begins January
Ends January
Frequency annual
Location(s) Trujillo city, Perú
Years active 1960 - present
Most recent 52nd edition (2012)
Attendance 20,000 (estimated)

Trujillo Marinera Festival[1] is a Peruvian cultural event held annually in Trujillo city in January. The event focuses on a dance contest called the marinera, a typical dance of the city and of the country. The festival also presents parades, presentations and competitions of Peruvian paso horses. Both the marinera dance and the Peruvian paso horse have been declared to be part of the cultural heritage of the nation by the Peruvian government.[2][3] This festival is one of the most important cultural events and representative of the country and Trujillo city has been recognized by the Peruvian government as the National Capital Marinera by Law Number 24447, of January 24, 1986.[4]

Description

Female Marinera dancers, in Trujillo festival held in January of every year

Trujillo is home to the marinera national competition each year. It is a typical dance of the city, organized by the Trujillo Club Libertad and it is performed in the last week of January. Many dance partners from different parts of the country and foreign guests come to the contest every year to compete in the categories of the competition that draws thousands of tourists from around the world. It also highlights the corso through the main streets of the Historic Centre[5] that ends in main Square of Trujillo and the presentation of the typical Peruvian paso in the city.[6] The festival begins with the presentation of the Queen that represents this Marinera Festival then it happen several cultural events for the public attending the festival.

Events

Marinera contest

The National Marinera Contest is held every year during the month of January, in the city of Trujillo. Are presented pairs of dancers from around the country competing in different categories. Dances are entertained by bands of musicians in the city.

Parade in marinera festival

Parade

It takes place in the streets of the Historic Centre of Trujillo. The dancers and queens participate in this parade with cars decorated with things for the festival, the parade ends in the Plaza de Armas of Trujillo with dances of marinera.

Characters of the festival

The principal characters are:

Peruvian paso in festival

During Trujillo marinera festival in January of every year there is also peruvian paso contest.[7] Trujillo is known and considered as the Cradle of the typical Peruvian Paso Horse[8] as well as the Capital of Culture of Peru[9] so as the Capital of the Marinera dance, which is one of the most important cultural events in the country.

Peruvian paso
Peruvian paso dancing marinera. 
Marinera Festival

Queens of Marinera festival

Some of the queens of Marinera Festival are the following:

Year Queen of festivalEdition
2013Stephanie Jones Monteverde[10] 53rd
2012 Gabriela Airaldi Doig[11] 52nd

Winners of marinera dance

Some of the winners of Marinera Festival are the following:

Year DancersEditionCategory
2011Gino Morales
Lizet Castañeda [12] 		51stChampions

See also

Media

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish)"La fiesta de la marinera". Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ (Spanish)"Resolución Suprema N°022-86-ED" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ (Spanish)"Caballo de Paso Peruano - Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación - INC" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ (Spanish)"Trujillo Capital de la Marinera". Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ (Spanish)"Festival de la Marinera". Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ (Spanish)"alegóricos y grupos artísticos participaron en Gran Corso de la Marinera en Trujillo". Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Caballos de Paso-Festival de la Primavera". Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ Tourist Climate Guide - Perú, Page 115 http://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=0702
  9. ↑ Fiscalía de la Nación, Ministerio Público – Fiscalía de la Nación: Información del distrito judicial La Libertad. Consultado el 15 de abril de 2012.
  10. ↑ "Conozca a la nueva reina de la Marinera".
  11. ↑ "Coronarán a reina del 52° Concurso Nacional de la marinera en Trujillo".
  12. ↑ "Gino Morales y Lizet Castañeda, campeón de campeones del 51 Concurso Mundial de Marinera 2011".
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