# Chukchu

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{{Short description|Festival and satirical dance in the Andes, Peru}}
'''Chukchu''' ([Quechua](/source/Quechua_language) for [malaria](/source/malaria))<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)</ref> is the name of a festival<ref name=mincetur>{{cite web |url=http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=6226|title=Festival de Chukqcho|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher=mincetur|accessdate=March 2, 2014}}</ref> and a [satirical](/source/Satire) dance<ref name=lopez>Miguel A. López Loli, Chukchu: Danzando con la enfermedad, Chukchu: Dancing with the disease, Paediatrica 7(1) 2005</ref> of the [Andes](/source/Andes) region in [Peru](/source/Peru). The festival is held annually on August 25 in the [Santo Tomás District](/source/Santo_Tom%C3%A1s_District%2C_Chumbivilcas) of the [Chumbivilcas Province](/source/Chumbivilcas_Province) in the [Cusco Region](/source/Cusco_Region). The dance is performed on festivals dedicated to the [patron saint](/source/patron_saint)s ''(fiestas patronales)'' of communities in the provinces of [Anta](/source/Anta_Province), [Canchi](/source/Canchis_Province), Chumbivilcas, [La Convención](/source/La_Convenci%C3%B3n_Province) and [Paucartambo](/source/Paucartambo_Province).<ref name=lopez/> The figures represented in the dance are sick persons, nurses, doctors, assistants and [mosquito](/source/mosquito)s.<ref name=lopez/> Members of the Chukchu troup may wear sickly masks, that represent plantation house slaves who became infected with malaria in the jungle. Their choreography includes throwing flour on crowd in imitation of the spread of disease.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Officer) |first=Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing |date=2023-07-05 |title=Inside the Virgen del Carmen Festival in Paucartambo, Peru |url=https://trans-americas.com/virgen-del-carmen-festival-in-paucartambo/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Trans-Americas Journey |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Festivals in Peru
Category:Peruvian dances
Category:Indigenous dances of South America
Category:Department of Cusco

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