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fiogf49gjkf0d THERE ARE SOME VERY DIFFERENT CLIMATIC REGIONS WITHIN PERU.
MOUNTAINOUS, COASTAL AND THE JUNGLE. THERE ARE ALSO MANY
DIFFERENT TRIBES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT SOUVENIRS. THE BEST
PLACES TO SHOP ARE THE REGIONS OF PRODUCTION.
IN THE CAPITAL, LIMA THERE ARE MANY SHOPPING AREAS WHERE
MODERN SHOPS CAN BE FOUND. SAN ISIDRO HAS LARGER SHOPS AND
SHOPPING CENTRES (CAMINO REAL). MIRAFLORES IS ALSO A MODERN
ZONE WITH BOUTIQUES & HANDICRAFT SHOPS (LARCO AVENUE AND
LARCOMAR). SURCO HAS A BIG & MODERN SHOPPING PLACE (CAMINOS
DEL INCA SHOPPING MALL) & ALSO THE INDIAN MARKET OF SAN MIGUEL
WITH HANDMADE THINGS.
CATACAOS AND CHULUCANAS IN PIURA PRODUCES A FAMOUS HANDICRAFT.
LAMBAYEQUE, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY KILOMETRES NORTH OF LIMA,
IS A DESERT VALLEY WITH SIX OASES. HERE TRADITIONAL INDIAN
TOWNS PRODUCE POTTERY, TEXTILES AND STRAW PANAMA HATS.
CLOSE TO LORETO IN THE NORTHERN ORIENTAL ZONE ON THE BORDER
WITH COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL IS THE PORT OF BELEN. THERE IS A
MARKET HERE AND HANDICRAFTS INCLUDE CERAMICS OF THE SHIPIBOS
PEOPLE, SEED NECKLACES, FANS, HAMMOCKS, ARROWS AND BLOW GUNS.
SOUTH OF LIMA IS THE ANDEAN ZONE. THIRTY MINUTES FROM PUNO
AT JULIACA THERE IS A COMMERCIAL FAIR EVERY MONDAY,
WOOLLEN ALPACA, OUTSTANDING POTTERY CALLED TORITO DE PUCARA
AND SILVER ARTICLES ARE FOR SALE. AT AREQUIPA THE ARTISAN
GALLERY OF EL FIERRO EXHIBITS AND SELLS LOCAL CRAFT WORK.
THERE ARE ALSO ORNAMENTS MADE FROM SILLAR STONE, LEATHER,
CHOCOLATES AND MARZIPAN OF LA LBERICA AND THE FAMOUS MUNOZ
NAJAR ANISE. AT AYACUCHO IN THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN ZONE OF
THE ANDES THE ORIGINAL COLONIAL ASPECT HAS BEEN PRESERVED.
LEATHER AND WOOLLEN ARTICLES, SILVER FILIGREE WORK,
INGENIOUSLY SCULPTURED MINITURE ALTAR PIECES, REPLICAS OF
ORIGINAL CHURCHES AND IMAGES CARVED IN ALABASTER CALLED
HUAMANGA STONEWARE ARE PRODUCED. IN THE SOUTHERN ORIENTAL
ZONE IN THE CUSCO REGION AT CHINCHEROS THERE IS A MARKET
EVERY SUNDAY HERE PEOPLE EXCHANGE GOODS.
IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND ZONE AT HUANCAVELICA THE TYPICAL
PERUVIAN INDIAN HATS CAN BE PURCHASED, ALSO LEATHER
HANDICRAFTS, WOOL AND CERAMICS. IN THE CENTRAL ZONE AT JUNIN
IN THE MANTARO VALLEY THE TYPICAL LADIES HATS ARE FOR SALE.
TO THE SOUTH EAST OF PERU ON THE BORDER WITH BRAZIL AND
BOLIVIA THERE EXIST TWENTY DIFFERENT TRIBES. JUNGLE
HANDICRAFTS ARE MADE INCLUDING FEATHER CROWNS, SEED
NECKLACES AND ALSO MONKEYS TEETH CAN BE BOUGHT.
AT SAN MARTIN LOCATED IN THE UPPER JUNGLE THERE ARE A GREAT
VARIETY OF EXOTIC AND ATTRACTIVE ORCHIDS. THE LAMAS TRIBE
PRODUCE COLOURFUL AND ATTRACTIVE HANDICRAFTS OF POTTERY AND
TEXTILES. OTHER HANDICRAFTS OF THIS REGION INCLUDE THE
FAMOUS STRAW HATS OF THE PAJA TOQUILLA, ORMAMENTS MADE FROM
SEEDS, ANIMAL TEETH AND FEATHER TANNED FURS.
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