Outrage in Peru for the wedding with 'slaves' of a Spanish aristocrat and the daughter of a politician: "The Moche recreation that we did in the parade has been distorted"

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The wedding between the daughter of a Peruvian politician and a Spanish aristocrat in Peru is drawing strong criticism after a group of people were hired to

for the wedding .

The platform of the Peruvian ministry Racism Alert has published a tweet on its social networks in which it "reproaches" the "inappropriate" use of Peru's cultural diversity "for commercial or leisure reasons" since it only serves to reinforce "stereotypes that do not add to the respectful treatment that Peru's ancient culture deserves".

The events occurred at the wedding held on April 9 between Belén Barnechea, daughter of the Peruvian writer and politician

, and the Spanish aristocrat

, grandson of the counts of Fuenteblanca.

In several videos broadcast on social networks, it can be seen how, on a street in Trujillo (a town north of Lima), the couple walks dressed as a couple while, around them, there are groups of women with braids sitting on the ground, apparently doing , housework.

They were dressed as

and a little further on the bride and groom met a group of men who symbolized being slaves.

They were half-naked and tied with ropes and, when the bride and groom arrived at the colonial house where the party was organized, another group of people chained to some railings were waiting for them, pretending to be doing forced labor while the bride and groom and their guests celebrated the wedding.

The bride has made a publication on her Instagram account in which she assures that she felt "very proud" of having married in Peru and has stressed that what they did in the celebration of the link was

.

"What was shown in the parade was a recreation of the Dance of the Rope, an ancient dance that does not represent slaves but is a ritual representation of warriors, the seated women made a representation of the work and the way of cultivating the land at the time," he added.

In that sense, he assures them that "it makes them very sad that the Moche recreation" that they did has been "misrepresented in this way and that the situation is being politicized."

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Other personalities such as the television journalist Magaly Medina, who considers that some people "decontextualized" the scenes that occurred during the link that the bride and groom commissioned to "show the culture of the north of the country" to their foreign guests.

"Some people have not known that and have underestimated it and it is not like that. In other countries this is a very natural thing. In Cartagena the bride and groom walk through the streets with the brunettes who dance playing drums, which is part of the African culture that at some point arrived in our sister country Colombia", he commented, according to the newspaper 'El Comercio'.

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