Palestina, Peru

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Palestina, Peru is a town in the district and province of Purús in the Ucayali Region of Peru, founded in 1994.[1]

History and customs

Before 1994, Palestina was a set of fields where cattle and crops were raised and people lived in the fields. In 1994 the mayor of Purús Province came to the area and called a meeting. He said that he would found a town there, and build homes for anyone living in their fields who wished to live there.[2]

In addition to raising cattle, Palestina grows rice, corn, and fruits: pineapple, banana, coconut, lemon, orange, peach, passion fruit, and tangerine.

Local holidays

The town celebrates some national holidays: Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Labor Day. They celebrate local anniversaries of the town's founding and the church founding, and they celebrate harvest holidays: watermelon planting, caywa planting, watermelon harvest, and rice harvest.

Documentary

This is a clip from the upcoming documentary film, WEB.

A documentary featuring Palestina, Peru, has been created under the title Web, in cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation and A Human Right.[3] Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales makes an appearance in the documentary. It describes the impact of the One Laptop per Child program on Palestina, including showing the children in the school writing the initial version of the Spanish-language version of this Wikipedia page. A short segment from this documentary is available on YouTube.[4]

References

  1. ↑ National Charter of the United States of Palestina. Prepared by the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), 1994.
  2. ↑ Paucar, Personal interview with Denise Matos. May 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ A Human Right (Last viewed on March 11, 2013.)
  4. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation "Children in Peru write their own history on Wikipedia" Youtube, January 18, 2013 (Last viewed on March 11, 2013.)

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