Huanca (dance)

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Huanca is a typical dance from the Amazonas Region, Peru. Next to Chachapoyas, there is a small town called Huanca, where the homonym dance had its origin. It is also danced in several places of the department of Amazonas during the agricultural chores, the construction of a house, etc. It is a species of Thanksgiving pagan rite.