Feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in Uchuraccay
During the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in October 1982, Shining Path placed a red flag on a hill in Uchuraccay, which was torn down and burned by community president Alejandro Huamán, marking the beginning of the community's frontal rejection of the Shining Path presence.
During the celebration of the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in October 1982, the Shining Path PCP placed a red flag on one of the hills near Uchuraccay. The flag was torn down and burned by the president of the community, Alejandro Huamán, in an act of frontal rejection of the Shining Path presence. This incident marked a turning point in tensions between the community and Sendero Luminoso. The organizers of the party were direct witnesses to this event, which represented one of the first open resistance actions of the community against the PCP-SL.