Lord of Huaman Festival

Lord of Huaman Festival
Lord of Huaman Festival
	Paso Horses in Huaman Festival
Genre	Traditional and religious Festival
Begins	end of May
Ends	end of May
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Santiago de Huamán (Trujillo city)
Years active	17th Century - present
Inaugurated	17th Century
Most recent	2012
Participants	Christian people
Patron(s)	Lord of Huamán
	Festival more than 300 years old

Lord of Huaman Festival, is a patronal feast celebrated every year in the Peruvian town of Santiago de Huamán, at west part of Trujillo city. This Christian celebration has been held for more than 300 years.

History[]

The origin of this tradition dates back more than 300 years. It is a religious festival that attracts the interest of pilgrims and tourists who visit the historic temple of Santiago de Huaman. The celebration of the festival takes place from 13 to 27 May in honor of the Lord of Huaman;novenas, rosary and confessions are made and offered by his faithful devotees. On the main day, special celebrations, flag hoisting, a solemn festive mass which is chaired by the Archbishop of Trujillo, and a procession of the sacred image and input to his parish with typical band of musicians, occur. According to tradition, a fisherman went to the beach formerly known as Playa Vieja now known as "La Bocana" and found three chests that drifted to the shore. In one of the chests clothes was discovered. In the second and third chests the holy image of the Lord in parts was found. They moved around the town where armed and wore the sacred image. When the Bishop of Trujillo knew of the finding, he ordered that a chapel be built at the site of the discovery but it was subsequently destroyed. He returned to rebuild but this chapel was also destroyed. Finally, the native fishermen decided to build the church in the village of Huaman. ^[1]

Events[]

Procession of the patron Lord of Huaman in the streets of the town. In the edition of the festival for year 2012 the Lord of Huaman was taken in procession to the cathedral of Trujillo and then it was returned the same way to his sanctuary in Huamán.
Sports in the festival, the celebrations also include morning and afternoon sports, in the edition of the festival for year 2012 it took place a marathon.^[2]
Solemn mass which is chaired by the Archbishop of Trujillo.
The alfajores, makers of alfajores and other sweets foods from Trujillo and cities of northern Peru come to the festival to sell several kind of "alfajores" and foods. They install their stands around the "Main Square of Huaman".