The word celebration is used to refer to any type of celebration or party, which is carried out to commemorate something in particular. The festivities are carried out with great joy and where dances, songs, drinks and food predominate. Its aim is to celebrate a significant event, such as birthdays, weddings, graduations, date, country, among others.
However, the celebrations can also be performed without any reason, just enough to have the desire to have fun and have a good time. It should be noted that the festivities can be private or public. For example "the mayor ordered a party to celebrate the carnival day", "my mother organized a party for my 15 years."
The celebration is done as a way to release feelings, share emotions, etc. And man has been running it since ancient times.
Festejo is also the name of a very representative dance of the Peruvian coast. This dance was brought from Africa by slaves, who were brought to Peru to work in agricultural work, although the real purpose was for them to work in the mines, since these slaves had good physical strength.
The musical instruments used for this dance, consisted of leather drums, maracas, guitar and a very particular instrument called “donkey's jaw”.
The celebration is a kind of erotic-festive music that symbolizes the Peruvian black miscegenation that still continues in the city of Lima. The movements of the arms, the swaying of the hips, the gestures, are elements that make the celebration stand out from other dances.
