The main event of Lima’s ‘purple month’ and the Lord of Miracles festival is a 24-hour procession, the largest in South America. The procession winds through the main streets of Lima from Las Nazarenas Church to La Merced Church in Barrios Altos, led by an icon borne on a 2-ton litter by a series of devoted religious brotherhoods. Hordes of faithful follow along, clad in purple…. Devoted crowds, incense wielders, singers, and dancers toss flowers into the streets…. Yelling street vendors offer their wares of traditional dishes and sweets, predominantly the Turrón de Doña Pepa, a sticky anise-flavored sweet traditionally associated with October. Its creator was a black slave, Josefa Marmanillo (Doña Pepa), who believed that her devotion to the Lord of Miracles returned to her the use of her arms and hands. 

More than 180 cities worldwide celebrate Germany’s biggest traditional festival, and Lima has been among them since 2002. The popular festival has been celebrated in the Bavarian city of Munich since 1810 and last sixteen days…. unfortunately, Oktoberfest-Peru will only last from Thursday 16^th through Sunday 19th^th.