WELCOME TO
RAICES PERUANAS
CALL US AT (626) 664-0944
Overview
Feel Transported to the High Mountains of Peru With Ancient Rhythms of the Andes, Where You Will Enjoy Music and Dances Presented By “RAICES PERUANAS”
Presenting Afro-Peruvian dances and dances from the Inca’s land Exotic and colorful dances from the Andes, coast, and the jungle.
Centro Cultural Raices Peruanas de Los Angeles California is a cultural institution founded in Los Angeles, California in 1989. Its membership is comprised of students and young professionals whose main goal is to continue developing and disseminating the arts through music and dance. Raices Peruanas is formed of a group of over 20 members, some native of Peru’s different regions and others USA born – Peruvian descent, thus forming unique groups of true messengers and disseminators of their own ethnic background, making Raices Peruanas a rich blend of Peruvian culture and tradition.
Raices Peruanas is an objectively-geared effort and contribution to the strengthening of our identity as Peruvians living in a foreign, far-away land. Raices Peruanas is based in preserving tradition and in the cultural millennia legacy that continues living on and constitutes our TRUE CULTURE.
Raices Peruanas is currently formed by a cast of renowned musicians and dancers, masters of unique and diverse music, dance, and movement which during each of their performances, strike the audience with a new sense of beauty and the realization of a new reality never before seen.
Contracts and Dance Classes
Achievements
Erbelia Espejo, founder of Raices Peruanas, receiving a Tumi Award in 2022 in Miami, Florida in the arts and culture category. This award was given to Erbelia for the work she has done in the USA to showcase Peruvian dance and culture and to connect Peruvians abroad to their homeland.
The Hidden Treasures of Peru at The Grove Los Angeles DISCOVER PERU (September 2013)
RAICES PERUANAS/ LAN AIRLINES USA
In September 2013, we brought Peru’s Hidden Treasures to The Grove Los Angeles! We hosted hourly LAN Airlines ticket raffles, an exciting photo booth with a green screen background and performances by Raices Peruanas. We inspired thousands of US Travelers to plan an unforgettable trip to wonderful Peru.
