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    A couple enjoy the day at the Plaza de Armas with their daughter during Cusco Carnival or Cusco Week, when there are daily processions in the Plaza de Armas, the central plaza in historic Cusco. by: shirak Views[398] A group of men struggle under the weight of a saints' effigy as they carry it through the streets of Cusco and around the Plaza de Armas, during the festival of Corpus Christi. They will do this all day and into the night when they will store the effegies until morning in La Catedral, a Spanish colonial cathedral, which you can see behind them. Celebrated exactly nine weeks after Easter, it is a ritual co-opted by the Spanish in the 16th Century to Catholicize the Incan people. The effigies are treated as living beings in a similar way as the Inca paraded their ancestors' mummies around that same plaza centuries before. by: shirak Views[634] This young girl paused to glare at me during a morning procession of her kindergarten class (one amongst many) that paraded around the Plaza de Armas preceding the grander processions during the festival of Corpus Christi. by: shirak Views[555] Early one morning at the crack of dawn, after attempting to photograph a Cusco sunrise, I spotted this man walking up the Calle Triunfo, a famous Incan stone-walled alley. It was in this moment that I began to see how the Andean people navigate (literally and figuratively) the ancient and modern aspects of their city. by: shirak Views[442]  

    Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited: The People of Cusco

    PERU | Saturday, 6 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

     
    I wish to inspire people to travel for the first time or learn about other cultures with my photos. Maybe they'll discover their life’s path or strive to accomplish something greater than themselves. That’s what photography did for me and to give that ... Read more >
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