La Jalca is a district of the Chachapoyas Province in the Amazonas Region , Peru . Its capital is La Jalca , also known as Jalca , Jalca Grande or La Jalca Grande . It was the first Spanish foundation of the region. The current city of Chachapoyas was established here. Founded in 1538 as San Juan de la Frontera de los Chachapoyas ("Saint John of the Frontier of the Chachapoyas") Chachapoyas was later moved to its present location.
3-450: The famous juanes , a typical plate of the forest, prepared and invented for the festivity, also date back to this epoch. In contrast to the current juanes iquiteños they were prepared by means of yuca . 6°28′59″S 77°43′01″W / 6.48306°S 77.71694°W / -6.48306; -77.71694 This Amazonas geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Juane The juane
6-590: Is one of the main dishes of the cuisine of the Peruvian jungle and is widely consumed on June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist ( San Juan ), hence the name. It is known that after the arrival of the Spanish people to Incan lands, missionaries popularized the biblical account of the beheading of St. John . This dish's name could therefore be, more specifically, a reference to the head of St. John. It possibly originated in
9-428: The city of Moyobamba . The juane would have been a food usually made for travelers, as they could be stored for long periods without spoiling. The juane usually made on the basis of rice , meat, olives , hard-boiled egg , spices among others, which is wrapped with bijao (macaw-flower or heliconia) leaves and then put to boil for about an hour and a half. Rice can be substituted with cassava , chonta ,
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