1 Founded in 1873, it was originally called the North West Mounted Rifles, but the reaction of the United States to the idea of an armed force patrolling the border caused the name to be changed to the North West Mounted Police. 2  As the only authority in the region, the force assumed a wide variety of duties.
Peruvian art has its origin in the Andean civilizations. These civilizations rose in the territory of modern Peru before the arrival of the Spanish.he first center of art established by the Spanish was the Cuzco School that taught Quechua artists European painting styles. Diego Quispe Tito (1611-1681) was one of the first members of the Cuzco school and Marcos Zapata (1710-1773) was one of the last.
She has become a serious investigator of the long and complex history of food in Peru and in her cooking tries to ârescueâ old traditions and recipes. Her classic tamales are made of a traditional corn from Andahuaylas and that distinctive orange color comes from achiote, a spiky seed pod that cracks open to reveal bright red seeds which are ground into a paste traditionally used as a dye and paint.