Chukchu
Chukchu (Quechua
for malaria) is
the name of a festival and a satirical dance of the Andes region in Peru. The
festival is held annually on August 25 in the Santo Tomás District of the
Chumbivilcas Province in the Cusco Region. The dance is performed on festivals
dedicated to the patron saints (fiestas patronales) of communities in the
provinces Anta, Canchi, Chumbivilcas, La Convención and Paucartambo. The
figures represented in the dance are sick persons, nurses, doctors, assistants
and mosquitos.
