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In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a young performer from the Parinacochas district of Ayacuhco dances in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The performers sang in the Quechua language, portraying the planting of corn and potatoes. From very young children to elderly people dressed as farmers, tigers, and foxes, as well as members of auto-defense groups, soldiers and police officers, to portray the violence that tore apart their families and communities. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a young performer from the Parinacochas district of Ayacuhco dances in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The performers sang in the Quechua language, portraying the planting of corn and potatoes. From very young children to elderly people dressed as farmers, tigers, and foxes, as well as members of auto-defense groups, soldiers and police officers, to portray the violence that tore apart their families and communities. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, hats lie scattered after being tossed by dancers during a performance at the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. “The dance is a catharsis, a way for people to express feelings they cannot in other public spaces”, said Peruvian archaeologist Carmen Cazorla, who studies Andean rituals. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, hats lie scattered after being tossed by dancers during a performance at the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. “The dance is a catharsis, a way for people to express feelings they cannot in other public spaces”, said Peruvian archaeologist Carmen Cazorla, who studies Andean rituals. The one-day dance competition is the culmination of the Andean Carnival celebrations that begin in late January in Peru's Ayacucho region and wrap up in Lima, to include the large Ayacucho Indian population, who fled to Lima during the 1980-2000 conflict. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, three women await their group's turn to perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru, while a man dressed as a bishop rests after performing with his dance troupe. In Sunday's dances, people of all ages, costumed as farmers, priests, tigers, foxes, soldiers, police and members of citizen militias portray life as they know it, from the planting of corn and potatoes and their harvest to the political violence that afflicted their communities. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, three women await their group's turn to perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru, while a man dressed as a bishop rests after performing with his dance troupe. In Sunday's dances, people of all ages, costumed as farmers, priests, tigers, foxes, soldiers, police and members of citizen militias portray life as they know it, from the planting of corn and potatoes and their harvest to the political violence that afflicted their communities. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, women assist a fellow performer who was overcome by alcohol and exhaustion after he danced a thirty minute traditional dance in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, at the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. There is dancing from sunup to sundown in the one-day competition, in Latin America's oldest bullring. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, women assist a fellow performer who was overcome by alcohol and exhaustion after he danced a thirty minute traditional dance in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, at the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. There is dancing from sunup to sundown in the one-day competition, in Latin America's oldest bullring. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a dance troupe from La Mar district of Ayacucho performs during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a dance troupe from La Mar district of Ayacucho performs during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a man from the La Mar district of Ayacucho sings in Quechua, holding a Peruvian national flag as he performs in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The different dance troupes that perform during the one-day competition typically bring a representation of Peru's national flag to assert their nationality as well as their ethnic background. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a man from the La Mar district of Ayacucho sings in Quechua, holding a Peruvian national flag as he performs in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The different dance troupes that perform during the one-day competition typically bring a representation of Peru's national flag to assert their nationality as well as their ethnic background. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a Vilcashuaman dance troupe member, dressed as an Inca leader, holds the bottom half of a plastic soda bottle filled with chicha, a popular drink made with fermented corn, as he waits to perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a Vilcashuaman dance troupe member, dressed as an Inca leader, holds the bottom half of a plastic soda bottle filled with chicha, a popular drink made with fermented corn, as he waits to perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. In Sunday's dances, people of all ages, costumed as farmers, tigers, foxes, soldiers, police and members of citizen militias portrayed life as they know it, from the planting of corn and potatoes and their harvest to the political violence that afflicted their communities. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, dancers from the La Mar district of Ayacucho, dressed in their traditional costumes, wait to perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The festival does not focus on the typical dances of Peru's highlands, but contain macabre reminders of the bitter conflict that the people from the Ayacucho region, or their parents, had endured. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, dancers from the La Mar district of Ayacucho, dressed in their traditional costumes, wait to perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The festival does not focus on the typical dances of Peru's highlands, but contain macabre reminders of the bitter conflict that the people from the Ayacucho region, or their parents, had endured. A truth commission found that more than 8,000 people in the in the Ayacucho region died violently during the 1980-2000 conflict with Shining Path rebels. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a vendor sells pisco sours and servings of orange juice, in the stands of the Acho bullring, during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in Lima, Peru. While most of those attending the festival consume a fermented corn drink called chicha, those who can afford it drink the pricier pisco sour, which is a cocktail made from a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy, produced in wine making regions of Peru and Chile, mixed with citrus juice and sweeteners. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a vendor sells pisco sours and servings of orange juice, in the stands of the Acho bullring, during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in Lima, Peru. While most of those attending the festival consume a fermented corn drink called chicha, those who can afford it drink the pricier pisco sour, which is a cocktail made from a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy, produced in wine making regions of Peru and Chile, mixed with citrus juice and sweeteners. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a performer from La Mar district of Ayacucho, chugs a bottle of chicha, a fermented corn drink that goes back to Inca times, in the stands of the Acho bullring, during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a performer from La Mar district of Ayacucho, chugs a bottle of chicha, a fermented corn drink that goes back to Inca times, in the stands of the Acho bullring, during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, performers from the Huanta district of Ayacucho lie on the ground representing the victims of a massacre that took place during the years of the country's political violence, during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The Ayacucho region in the Peruvian Andes saw some of the worst modern-day atrocities in Peru, with more than 8,000 believed killed in that region alone in violence from 1980 to 2000 between Shining Path rebels and government forces. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, performers from the Huanta district of Ayacucho lie on the ground representing the victims of a massacre that took place during the years of the country's political violence, during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The Ayacucho region in the Peruvian Andes saw some of the worst modern-day atrocities in Peru, with more than 8,000 believed killed in that region alone in violence from 1980 to 2000 between Shining Path rebels and government forces. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, dance troupers, one dressed as a priest, and another dressed as a policeman, act out the detention of a woman during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, dance troupers, one dressed as a priest, and another dressed as a policeman, act out the detention of a woman during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, bottles of chicha, a popular fermented corn drink, are displayed for sale on a street stand, outside the Acho bullring, the venue for the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The semi-sweet tasting alcoholic drink is sold in recycled plastic soft drink bottles, for about the equivalent of three U.S. dollars per bottle. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, bottles of chicha, a popular fermented corn drink, are displayed for sale on a street stand, outside the Acho bullring, the venue for the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. The semi-sweet tasting alcoholic drink is sold in recycled plastic soft drink bottles, for about the equivalent of three U.S. dollars per bottle. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, troupers, one dressed as a soldier, and the others as villagers, perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. For the people of the Ayacuho region, the one-day dance competition contains macabre reminders of the bitter conflict for residents who fled the violence. The crowd fell silent when the dancers dressed like soldiers and rebels entered the ring and played out the killing of peasants with wooden and cardboard rifles. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, troupers, one dressed as a soldier, and the others as villagers, perform in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. For the people of the Ayacuho region, the one-day dance competition contains macabre reminders of the bitter conflict for residents who fled the violence. The crowd fell silent when the dancers dressed like soldiers and rebels entered the ring and played out the killing of peasants with wooden and cardboard rifles. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a man, who dons traditional dress from the Huanta district of Ayacucho, smiles after performing in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, at the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, a man, who dons traditional dress from the Huanta district of Ayacucho, smiles after performing in the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, at the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, drummer Agripino Tanta Pareja of the Cagallo district of Ayacucho, poses for a photo during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. There was singing in the native Quechua language during the one-day dance competition, and traditional music played on instruments including Andean pan pipes, harps and violins. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, drummer Agripino Tanta Pareja of the Cagallo district of Ayacucho, poses for a photo during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. There was singing in the native Quechua language during the one-day dance competition, and traditional music played on instruments including Andean pan pipes, harps and violins. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, people perform a traditional dance during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring, in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, people perform a traditional dance during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring, in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)




In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, dancers from the Huanta district of Ayacucho, perform a traditional dance during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, March 29, 2015 photo, dancers from the Huanta district of Ayacucho, perform a traditional dance during the Vencedores de Ayacucho dance festival, in the Acho bullring in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
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