From presidency to pop to supermarkets, Andean culture blossoms in Peruvian society

“When Dina Paucar takes to the stage, swathed in 40 pounds of petticoats and singing of love, hopes and her Andean hometown, she represents much more than just a pop craze.

The singer’s popularity is emblematic of deep social change in race-conscious Peru, where the Indian and mixed-race majority are increasingly being recognized as a political, economic and consumer force….”

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