LAMBAYEQUE DEPARTMENT

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HISTORY

The origin of the first Lambayecanos is uncertain, many think that it is related to the myth of Naylamp for others it originates after the fall of the Moche Culture.

The origin of the department of Lambayeque is created after the Intendance of Trujillo at the time of the Viceroyalty as a new party along with 8 others, after this in 1720 a great city was founded by noble families who emigrated from Zaña after a flood.

On January 7 in 1872, President Jose Balta began the project of the creation of the new department of Lambayeque, but already on December 1 in 1874 its creation was confirmed, with Chiclayo as its capital.

In the government of President Alejandro Toledo, he eliminated the regions and how they were configured and returned to the departments scheme.

The first governor of de deaprtament of Lambayeque is Yehude Simon Munaro 2003

PEDRO RUIZ GALLO.

Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Ruiz Gallo was born in Eten on June 24, 1838. In 1855 he went to Callao to enter the military career, following the family tradition, he started the career successfully, obtaining rapid promotions. In 1856, he built two clocks of his invention for the cities of Lomud and Chachapoyas. In that same year he ventures into medicine, due to the smallpox epidemic, discovering a vaccine with which he saves the lives of thousands of people. In 1880, during the war with Chile, he died while preparing a torpedo invented by him to blow up the Chilean squad.

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ILLUSTRIOUS PEOPLE

JOSE A. QUIÑONES GONZALES.

Captain FAP JOSE ABELARDO QUIÑONES GONZALES, was born on April 22, 1914 in the Port of Pimentel. He applied to the Central Aviation School "JORGE CHAVEZ", entering as a Cadet.
Several years later he was already a lieutenant and in 1941 the Ecuadorian aggression took place on the northern border. In that war, Lieutenant Quiñones, carried out multiple reconnaissance missions, with taking interesting aerial photographs of the Ecuadorian front. His last mission was to attack an Ecuadorian camp and in fulfillment of this mission his plane was affected by enemy firearms and he heroically decided to crash his plane in the enemy camp.

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Lord of Sican
The Lord of Sicán is the name given to a character from the Sicán or Lambayeque culture, whose intact tomb was discovered in 1991 in the Huaca del Oro, in the archaeological site of Batán Grande, Ferreñafe, on the north coast of Peru. It dates from the 11th to 12th centuries.

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SICAN CULTURE

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It is an archaeological culture of Ancient Peru that manifested itself between the 8th and 14th centuries AD. C. on the coasts of Lambayeque.

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It originated after the separation of Moche political control as a result of political and social upheavals.

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➊Ubication The location of this culture is in a valley of Ferreñafe near the "La Leche" river.

➋Religion They were Pilresitas, their main God was Yampayeck

➌-Economic activitis Their economic activities were fishing, commerce, and the main agriculture, they used agricultural techniques from the Moche culture and improves them.
➍Culture devolping
-Metallurgy,They developed a great use of metals, as in goldsmithing.
-Arquitecture,They created large pyramids like the ones they found in Túcume and Batan Grande.
-Textilery, tapestries and blankets made of cotton and wool.
-Ceramic, inspired by Llampayec.

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CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

SHAMANISM

Lambayeque has been the main center of curanderismo and magic in ancient Peru.

Folk medicine is very common in this area, using magic rituals and herbs.

Healers treat illnesses related to the soul and spirit, for example the "evil eye" that is caused by a sorcerer.

FOLKLORE

Within folklore there are very diverse cultural expressions characteristic of a people. Almost every month there are celebrations in some important municipality or city in the region. The most characteristic are the Fiesta de San José, on March 19; the anniversary of Chiclayo, on April 18 and the lemon festival that takes place the last week of June.

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GASTRONOMY

When we offer our gastronomy to our visitors, we proudly show the variety and originality of our stews, these obtained thanks to a cultural heritage forged over millennia.

➊ Causa. It's based on a cooked potato dough, it's usually surrounded with fresh ingredients such as lettuce, olives, tomato slices, as it resembles as much as possible a salad that is served as a starter, snack or appetizer.
The Causa goes with lean pork rinds and hard-boiled eggs. Or with square slices of fried mackerel, sandwiched between the potato and a headband of well-soaked onion sauce.
➋ Cabrito a la norteña. One of the flagship dishes of Lambayeque, made with tender goat meat, seasoned with chicha de jora, yellow pepper, loche, coriander and after spices. It is accompanied by white rice and beans.
➌ Arroz con Pato. Pre-Hispanic dish from the Moche culture that arises from the mixture of Spanish and Quechua food. It's prepared by making a drowning of butter, garlic, chopped onion, yellow pepper and coriander (which gives it its characteristic greenish color). The duck pieces are browned and cooked with the rice and peas.
➍ Espesado. It's a kind of soup, that is prepared every Monday as a tradition, it's prepared with grated corn and beef brisket or with milk toyo. Green beans and squash are added to the water where the meat is parboiled, it is usually accompanied with red or white rice.
➎ King Kong. It's a typical sweet from the Lambayeque region. It consists of cookies made of flour, butter, egg yolks and milk, which are interspersed with white delicacy, pineapple candy and delicious peanut candy, among them.