Tag: floating islands
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The Uros of Lake Titicaca
The Uros people live near to the town of Puno on Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. They live on floating islands made from totora reeds. The Uros were always a people who dedicated themselves to fishing. About five hundred years ago, with the coming of the Quechua and Aymara people, the Urus decided to leave the…
Wanderings! 