#aymara — Public Fediverse posts

El Alto, Bolivia
Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice.

Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

#photography
#Bolivia
#NewYear
#WinterSolstice
#indigenous
#Aymara

Sailing a reed boat of ancient #aymara on #titicaca highest navigable lake in the world, from photo-story at https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2023/01/bolivia-part-1-of-2-la-paz-huatajata-on.html

Living in high #andes the #Aymará way of life tied to harsh environment includes agriculture, herding, weaving vibrant #alpaca #ponchos & building boats from buoyant totora reeds from around Lake Titicaca. One boat actually sailed across #atlantic!

#Aymara #Bolivia #titicaca #laketiticaca #VagabondCouple #travel #traveltheworld #travelblogger #travelphotography

(6/15)

...the language of the descendants of the (probable) inventors, the #Tiahuanaco culture, #Aymara, it is #sucacollos.

https://atlantisbolivia.org/sukakollusesp.html

How is this relevant? - Helps to find new sources.😉

What I've learned from this #Peruvian website is that there were also different #WaterManagement systems, apart from the #WaruWaru.

E. g., the "#ChacrasHundidas" (Northern #Peru) or the "producción en andenes" (all of Peru), as Ronald Ancajima of GSASUAGA, states here:

https://hidraulicainca.com/puno/waru-waru-puno/