A smaller group of Indians speak Aymara or Aymara-related languages. Although Spanish is the official language of Peru, Quechua is an official recognised second language. Children's carnival, Pisco. The second group are the mestizos. The mestizos live everywhere in the country, but are concentrated along the coastline and in the big Andean cities.
Most blacks are descendants of African slaves.
Little girl in Urubamba Valley. Every group has its own lifestyle. Along the coast and in the highland cities, the whites and mestizos live in a modern Western style. In vivid contrast to these settlements are the jungles of eastern Peru, the home of Indian tribes so isolated that their life-style resembles that of their ancestors 500 years ago. The Quechua Indians from the Sierra also have strong traditions which go back to the Inca times.