1. SOUTH AMERICA
CULTURE: PERU - QUECHUA
PERU

2. THEY LIVE IN PERU
They are from Peru
They are Peruvian
The capital of Peru is
Lima
Lima
FLAG OF PERU
EMBLEM

3. QUECHUALANGUAGES SPOKEN
IN PERU
NATIVE
LANGUAGES
SPANISH
They speak Spanish, Quechua and other
native languages.
TYPE OF HOUSE PALAFITO
It’s called palafito. It’s made of
wood and it’s built over the river.

4. CEVICHE
Seafood
TYPICAL FOOD
FROM PERU
PACHAMANCA
Baked meat
ANTICUCHOS
Meat and SpicesThey like to
eat…..
Quechuas
like…
MAZAMORRA WITH
CHUROS
Main
ingredient:
CORN
YAMOR
(Drink)
CHAMPÚS
(Fruits, cereals,…)

5. GEOGRAPHY
THE ANDES
MOUNTAIN
RANGE
AMAZON RIVER
Huascarán is the
highest mountain in
Peru (6.768m).
It’s the 2nd longest
and the largest by
waterflow in the
world.
AMAZON
RAINFOREST
It’s the largest and the
most biodiverse tract of
tropical rainforest in the
world.
LAKE TITICACA
It’s the largest lake in
South America.

6. REPTILES
ANIMALS
BIRDS
JAGUAR
ANDEAN COCK-
OF-THE-ROCK
LLAMA
VICUÑA
CONDOR TOUCAN
ALPACA

7. MOSS
PLANTS
CACTUS
PALM TREES
ORCHIDS
BROMELIADS
QUINA TREE
CAT’S CLAW
CEDRUS
CANTUTA
It’s the
national
flower in
Peru.

8. WEATHER
AMAZON
COAST
At the coast, It´s sunny, rainy, and warm.
In the rainforest, It rains a lot.

9. CURRENCY NUEVO SOL
CLOTHES TRADICIONAL
CLOTHES
SPORTS MOST POPULAR
Nuevo Sol is the currency of Peru.
Football is the most popular sport in Peru.
They wear colourful clothes (trousers, skirts,
ponchos, jackets) and hats and sandals.

10. FAMILY
Quechuas form a huge family called Ayllu. The residential unit is
called Llacta.
Parents arrange their children’s marriage. The groom (boy) must
provide a service to his fiance’s (girl) parents. They have a close
friendship, extending the Ayllu, and they keep it giving goods and
services. This friendship is so important that it is considered as
blood ties.

11. JOBS
They are farmers (agriculture and
stockbreeding). They also work on crafts
and trade.

12. RELIGION CATHOLIC
The majority of Peruvians are catholic.
Quechuas are polytheistic, that is, they believe in a last
God, Viracocha, and deify Nature as a being: Inti (Sun),
Quilla (Moon), Chucuilla or Illapa (Ray) and Chasca (star).
Pachamama (abundance) is the God of Mother Earth.
They used to sacrifice animals (Llamas) and even little
children.

13. MEANS OF
TRANSPORT
They go by llama or on foot.
MONUMENTS
MACCHU PICCHU
(Historic sanctuary)
Inca’s lost city
MANCO CÁPAC
STATUE
(1st founder of Inca
culture in Cuzco)

14. FAMOUS PEOPLE
Carlos Noriega
Mario Vargas Llosa
ASTRONAUT
WRITER

15. MUSIC & ART
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
SIKU
(IN QUECHUA:
ANTARA)
CHARANGO
It’s the national
instrument in Peru.
LITERATURE
Famous play: QLLANTAY
CRAFTS
Ceramics: KEROS
Jewelry, clothes,…

16. CURIOSITIES
INCA
Hello
Rimaykullayki
GREETINGS
The Quechua indians are the direct
descendants of the Incas.
• Some Quechuas live in the
mountains (The Andes) and
others in the jungle
(Amazon River).
• Cuzco is the capital of the Inca
empire.
• Quechua means abundance..