Since ancient times, the sacrificial knife - tumi, decorated with the image of a mythical deity, serves as the main national symbol of the Peruvians. Having survived the Spanish Conquest and the domination of the imperialist neocolonialists, the Tumi still embodies the desire of the Peruvian people for freedom and independence. In a book by an international journalist B. Leaflet, many years working in Peru as his own correspondent for Pravda , It describes the nature of this Latin American country.... The People , History and Culture of the People , Economic and Social Change , in the last decade in the life of Peruvian society.