Boat on Lake Titicaca
by Nedim Slijepcevic
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Boat on Lake Titicaca
Artist
Nedim Slijepcevic
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Photograph - Photographic Print
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These islands are made from tortora rushes, as are the houses on them and the residents' boats. part of the tortora can even be eaten! The people of the Uros Islands who predate the Incas speak the Aymara language. it is thought that they may have fled to the islands to escape hostile tribes, including the Incas. The islands can, of course, be moved and have been in fairly recent years because of the Shining Path revolutionary movement in Peru. it was expected that they would be safer nearer to the mainland. Tourism is now important to the islands' economy.
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September 13th, 2018
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