EXTREME TOURISM

PERQUIN
The town of Perquín is in Morazán's department. Founded by tribes Lencas, its name
means “way of the warm one ".
Perquín surrounded with rivers and mountains for what it possesses an agreeable
climate during the whole year. Some of the activities that it can enjoy are included by
it: to climb, observe birds, treks, bicycle mountaineering, etc.
Perquín was extraoffcially acquaintance as the guerrilla capital, on having visited
Perquín, it cannot happen for high to visit the Museum of the Revolution in which
there show themselves appliances used during the Salvadorian war 1980-1992.
The Museum of the Salvadorian Revolution counts the troubled history of El Salvador
from the perspective of the guerrilla warfare to way of hundreds of photos, weapon
and documents. Founded on Perquín in December, 1992 for a group of guerrillas of
Morazán, the Museum of the Salvadorian Revolution, Honoring to the Heroes and
Martyrs tells an authentic history of 12 years of conflict armed in El Salvador across
documents and original appliances
The first week of August they celebrate the winter festival in the people of Perquín.
They are five days of local food, sweets, cultural presentations, music, dance Folkloric,
dance and theatre.
BY TANIA ZELAYA
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