In Cusco, November 1 and 2 don’t land like random holidays. They land like a family season: time set aside to remember people who are gone, not only with prayer, but with food, music, and long hours spent together. Cemeteries turn into meeting places. Markets turn into bread-and-sweets hubs. And homes turn into kitchens running on tradition.
Across Peru, these dates are commonly described as November 1 (All Saints’ Day / Día de Todos los Santos) followed by November 2 (All Souls’ Day / Día de los Difuntos, often spoken about as “Day of the Dead”).
