Capac Negro Dance

Mestizo dance of republican origin, which was restored by children resident in the city of Cusco, recall the servile and slave age of the black population, so they carry chains as a sign of submission, pretend to lay their sorrows at the foot of the Virgin del Carmen through beautiful songs.

The characters are the black king and soldiers, who have a costume of light blue cap, mask of black color, blue or celestial baton adorned with sequins, beads or embroidery, in the back it carries a handkerchief with roscones, in the hand a ratchet of wood with which they dance rhythmically. The soldiers wear a hat with sequined embroidered skirts and others, blouses and breeches, black stockings and shoes, a breastplate in the chest, a chain in the arm tied at the waist, in the hand carry a "Maqui" that shows a fists closed made of wood. To the beat of an orchestra they interpret 6 slow movements alternated with songs to the virgin