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==Celebrations==
Popular festivals, which result from the [[Tradition|traditions]] and legends of each town, bring together music, dance, typical foods, and drinks. In addition to religious festivals, such as [[Christmas]], [[Feast of Corpus Christi|Corpus Christi]], or [[Holy Week]], there are others that express the syncretism between indigenous and [[Christianity|Christian beliefs]], such as the ''[[alasitas]]'' fairs (an [[Aymara language|Aymara word]] that some scholars interpret as "buy me"), which combine a craft and miniature fair with dances, foods, and a mass.<ref>Morote, A. (1988). Sincretismo Religioso en el Perú Andino. Editorial Horizonte.</ref> Another important festival is the pilgrimage of [[Quyllurit'i|Q'oyllor-riti]] ([[Cusco]]), which integrates the ancient worship of the ''apus'' (tutelary deities of the [[Mountain|mountains]]) with a [[pilgrimage]] to a Christian sanctuary, in a walk up to a snow-capped peak over 5,000 meters above sea level.