©Krystian Bielatowicz
Kultura Peru Negro


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Dwieście lat temu do wybrzeży Peru przypłynęły statki pełne niewolników z terenów dzisiejszej Angoli, Kongo, Mozambiku i Madagaskaru. Ich rękoma zbudowano hacjendę w San Jose, wiosce położonej blisko El Carmen. Olbrzymie włości zarządzanie przez bogatych plantatorów bawełny stały się zalążkiem wyjątkowej kultury afroperuwiańskiej, którą bardzo często nazywa się kulturą Peru Negro (kultura czarnego Peru).

Black people are only 5-6 % of whole Peruvians. They are descendants of africans slaves who where kidnaped from territory of current Angola, Kongo, Mozamik and Madagascar, for hardworking at the ranch of  Spanish conquistadors. New World was their new home, with its very difficult conditions. Between many traditional places-sources of afroperuvian coulture, there is a hacienda San Jose and close to it village El Carmen. There you can find the last guardians of the oldest tradition, who with all their heart all trying to pass it on for the new generation. But unfortunately, most of teenagers are not interested in taking part in the continuation of their habits, there are leaving their homes, their villages and go to big cities, to the capital, with hope for finding better world, changing their poor life. The others, who are left, work at the field of cotton in Ica and Chinca and because of their poverty they're forgetting where are their roots, they make new type of life- assimilated with the Kechua Indians. During earthquake in Peru in August 2006, the villages was destroyed. Everything must be done from the beginning.

El Carmen, Lima / Peru 2006