What are the unique souvenirs in Peru?

What kind of souvenirs should I take back when traveling to Peru? Peru is a country with a long history, culture and scenery. There are many souvenirs here, and the following souvenirs are just some of them. So what are the unique souvenirs in Peru?

A traditional sculpture/mask

These exquisite and gorgeous sculptures are called icon sculptures, which are an art form that combines sculpture art with various magical religious traditions, and are inseparable from Catholic worship and portraits. You can buy them easily in Cuzco.

The most classic image of icon sculpture is a baby statue with bleeding feet. o

Manuel also has dolls, angels and three wise kings. The materials it uses are mashed potato, corn syrup, loquat, patch and asparagus stem.

If you have enough space, the traditional Peruvian mask can be regarded as a unique souvenir. They are important elements of Indian culture in pre-Columbian period. During national celebrations and festivals, people can be seen dancing with masks everywhere.

Alpaca wool fabric

The national treasure alpaca is not only cute, but also the Peruvian wool hat Chullos made of alpaca hair is a perfect souvenir. This hand-woven colorful wool hat used to be used by local people to resist the cold weather in the Andes, but now it is a popular exotic national style accessory.

Peru has the largest number of alpacas and the largest fiber production in the world. Among them, the alpaca hair of Suli alpaca is famous all over the world. Its hardness and warmth retention are three times and seven times higher than that of sheep wool, and it has fourteen natural colors. Passers-by praised its thermal insulation effect, impermeability effect and fire prevention effect.

In Peru, you can buy alpaca wool textiles in various cities. Besides hats, there are sweaters, shawls, gloves, socks, jackets, baseball caps, scarves, blankets, cloaks and so on. These warm and colorful fabrics seem to be a good impression left by Peru.

pottery

Ceramic art is an important craft in Peru, which occupies the second place in handicraft production, second only to textiles. The most important ceramics in Peru come from Chulucanas (Piura), Quinua (Ayacucho), pukkala (Puno), Cuzco and Shipiba (Keali).

Ceramic art in different regions has its own characteristics, such as Chulu Kunnas ceramic art using negative pressure technology, or pukkala ceramics, which often take musicians, dancers, animals and plants in Lake Titicaca as images, so that the ceramic art that we are already familiar with can play a unique exotic role.

Peruvian musical instruments

In the past ten thousand years, Peruvians have developed their own music. In the streets and alleys of Peru, you will hear this enthusiastic rhythm countless times, with a little desolation of Africa and European dance music. This melody will be the key to memory, and when we meet again in the future, it will arouse your infinite memories.

Clever Peruvians have created various musical instruments in the past few centuries-besides the well-known Peruvian flute, there are also Andean flutes (made of wood, clay, bones and even precious metals), horns and so on. If you choose to take an instrument home, it can take you back to this holiday time in an instant.

Pisco

When you come to Peru, you can't have never heard of pisco. This wine has a history of 400 years. 100% is brewed with grape juice with high quality. It can be drunk directly or mixed into pisco cocktails with different flavors. If you have drunk it in Peru, you will never forget its taste.

Pisco

Sour taste is the most traditional and famous pisco cocktail. It takes pisco brandy as the base wine, and adds lime juice, syrup, egg white and 3 drops of aromatic bitter wine, which makes the whole wine taste have its own unique mark.

You can also buy grapes, pisco, tropical aromatic pisco and other flavors in Peru. You can also create new cocktails according to your own preferences, so that friends can taste the charm of national wine together.

Silver ornaments/amulets

The silver plating process in Peru began in 10000 BC and played an important role in the Inca Empire. The original purpose was for religious activities. The Incas believed that gold symbolized the sun and silver symbolized the moon, which enabled them to master and inherit the ancient silver-making and silver-plating technology until today.

From necklaces to earrings, to pendants and brooches, and even pen holders, all kinds of exquisite decorations can be bought in Peru. Graphics are also unique ethnic and religious features in Peru, and their size is not large, which is especially suitable for travelers with little luggage space.

In Peru, you can also see this red and black fruit called Huayruro (a South American red bean plant). The Incas thought they could bring good luck and prevent people from being targeted by "demons". You can buy pendants, bracelets, necklaces or amulets made by Huailuro.

leatherware

Peru's leather technology has a long history, and its strength, durability, service life and cost performance are also unique. You can buy almost all kinds of leather in Peru: base leather, tanned leather and untanned leather, such as belts, handbags and saddles.

Peruvians believe some legends about leather. For example, leather bags tanned with bull scrotum and cow breasts can magically increase the owner's money, and those made of weasel skin have the same effect, because weasels like to hide shiny things in caves.

doll

For people with children at home, plush toys are a gift that can never go wrong. Peruvians use natural fabrics to make dolls into local animals, such as llamas, alpacas, llamas, guinea pigs or birds. Animal dolls are generally made of alpaca fetal hair, which is very soft, silky and durable.

Dolls are also very popular. You can see dolls dressed in colorful holiday costumes or beautifully embroidered national costumes, which require great patience and creativity.