Lima, Peru

The Jazz Zone club provides a showcase for musicians like saxophonist Jean Pierre Magnet, who experiments with fusions of jazz and música criolla, a blend of Spanish, Indian and African elements, with his band, Peru Jazz.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

In Lima, Peru, artists like Manuel Miranda, playing the Andean instrument waqra phuku, are updating Peru’s rich musical traditions with contemporary elements of jazz, rock, salsa, reggae and electronica.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

A cook prepares cuy, a traditional Peruvian dish, in a restaurant in downtown Lima.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

For his upcoming album, “Brujos Voladores” (Flying Wizards), Peruvian musician Manuel Miranda blows on flutes and whistles made of wood, stone and pelican bone, evoking the mysteries of the cosmos, the primitive search for water, the origin of civilization.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

Novalima, Peru’s newest multinational ensemble, creates a powerful fusion of electronica with intoxicating Afro-Peruvian percussion and vocals.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

The image of the Lord of the Miracles is carried by members of a religious group in Lima’s downtown. About 80% of Peru’s population is Roman Catholic.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

Peru’s flag flies near the main square and the Government Palace.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

Peru’s music group Novalima performs in a music studio.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)

Children play on the “El Puente de Los Suspiros” bridge, Barranco’s landmark Bridge of Sighs, a favorite lovers’ hideaway since the 1800s.  (Karel Navarro/Getty Images For The Times)