Cusco feast Corpus Christi 2025. The Corpus Christi festival is celebrated every year in the month of June mainly, and for this 2025 Corpus Christi will be celebrated this Thursday, June 19. This religious festival marks the beginning of the Cusco festivities, in which thousands of tourists arrive on this date to visit this beautiful city and its main attractions, and additionally they will also be able to take advantage of learning more about the culture of Cusco and see dances and typical dishes of Cusco cuisine.
Cusco Corpus Christi
For this festival all the saints leave their churches heading to the Cusco Cathedral where all the saints from the different churches of Cusco meet. And they take a tour of the historic center of Cusco in order:
1. San Antonio from the parish of San Cristóbal.
2. San Jerónimo from the parish of the district of San Jerónimo.
3. San Cristóbal from the parish of San Cristóbal.
4. Saint Sebastian from the parish of the district of San Sebastian
5. Saint Barbara from the parish of the district of Poroy
6. Saint Anne from the parish of Santa Anne
7. Saint James the Apostle from the parish of Santiago
8. Saint Blaise from the parish of San Blas
9. Saint Peter from the parish of San Pedro
10. Saint Joseph from the parish of Bethlehem
11. Virgin of the Nativity from the parish of Almudena
12. Virgin of the Remedies from the church of Santa Catalina
13. Virgin Purified from the parish of San Pedro
14. Virgin of Bethlehem from the parish of Bethlehem
15. Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, also called “La Linda” from the Basilica of the Cathedral
Corpus Christi
Come to Cusco and learn all about Corpus Christi, a religious festival where you will see a variety of typical dances and where you can taste the flagship dish of Cusco, the Chiriuchu (Cold Dish). Chiriuchu has been prepared since the time of the Incas and combines ingredients from the coast, mountains and jungle of Peru, which makes it the star dish of Cusco cuisine, because it is made up of baked guinea pig, chicken, seaweed, roe, jerky, blood sausage, potatoes, corn tortilla, cheese and rocoto.
