Meeting the wayúu people

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

COLOMBIA | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [529] | View Larger Image

2.“Curious eyes” - With a curious gaze, Iiwa-Kashi (wayúu name that means “Spring-Moon”) observes suspiciously the group of young strangers getting closer to her ranchería.

Tags: colombia wayuu people indian girl

1. “Beyond the unexplored” -
Beside a group of young people from all over the world, I break through a caribbean-colombian coastal lagoon looking for a ranchería, the settlement of the wayúu people. The wayúu is the largest ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela.

< previous

2 of 5

3.“It’s laundry time” -
Once I arrived to the wayúu settlement I could see the indians doing their daily tasks. Shankarit -a wayúu boy- moves a plastic bucket to help his mother to do the laundry.

next >

Meeting the wayúu people

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Share

Photo Galleries

Where I've been

My trip journals