Titikaka The legendary lake is located 3800 meters above sea level and make the bathroom was a heroic act of pride that we are going to the bitter end. Legend has it that the will of the god Inti Viracocha, its waters were born the ancestors of the royal line of the Incas, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo.
In the midst of its placid majesty lies the volcanic island of Taquile, anthropological gem. We live about 2500 people speaking Quechua in a system of full self-sufficiency. Nothing, or almost, has changed from the period precolombino. Still remained intact and cultivated terraces along the four slopes of the island, as well as stone paths built over a thousand years ago are the only communication network. There are no cars, of course, but even dogs, horses and tractors.
The community is divided into six regions, each of which meet different families. The inhabitants of each territory and annually elect a chairman for a show of hands, while the ' alcalde mayor is elected every five years. Only the authorities are wearing a hair of alpaca, the rest there are social differences, and all wear the same clothes.
There is no police.
There is no police.
The yield of each family (potatoes, quinoa , beans, corn) is accumulated and distributed equally among all the people, as well as fish products. The killing of a sheep, the only animal on the island, is a collective decision.
addition to subsistence food, live off the sale of their textiles, absolutely unique, exhibiting in a collective center and whose proceeds are divided among the families.
why we are open to tourism and landed on the island every day hundreds of holidaymakers in search of authentic souvenir and photography. two hours and half to visit the island. The same time it takes to visit the zoo in Buenos Aires.
But it seems however that tourism has not yet affected the authenticity of the island. seems. decide to stop three days and two nights, with the ever-living illusion (and hope) to be fewer tourists and more travelers.
sleep at home while eating with the family of Luis Maria, wife of Cesar. We are welcomed into their lives, their flavors we taste, we share their daily life consisting of work and smiles. We savor the silence, breathe the Andes surrounding the Titikaka, history, legend, an island out of time, once again.
him to the punch in the stomach thrusts Cesar. It tells us that the textile products selling to the cooperative have fixed prices because they are processed by the whole community. He, however, it offers its products with a small discount.
Conquest. The betrayal by a handful of dollars. We did have already spoken?
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