 It is currently performed, in its most traditional form, in San Luis de Cañete and El Carmen District, Chincha (Chincha).Festejo was created by African individuals brought to Peru from Congo, Angola, and Mozambique in the XVII century by Spanish conquistadores to perform agricultural work, although their true intention was to send them to work in mines due to the steady physical condition they had.Nonetheless, they could not handle the cold weather of the Peruvian highlands, and Spaniards took them to the coast for agricultural and domestic labors.