In recent times, the INC (Instituto Nacional de Cultura), in a characteristically controversial move, demolished the church in the main square in order to reconstruct it in colonial style. Masses, which have moved to a nearby chapel, are worth visiting. On Sunday, a Quechua-language mass is held at 11am.
Traditionally dressed locals descend from the hills to attend, including men in traditional highland dress blowing horns and varayocs (local authorities) with silver staffs of office.
