The men of Totora
Previously despised, objects of the curiosity of tourists now, always poor, the Uros are reputed as the oldest inhabitants of Titicaca. Until recently it was thought that they were survivors of a dying breed that had even already lost its language, the uroquilla. Today it is known that the term uro does not designate an […]
The Coca leaf
With corn and potatoes, coca forms the trilogy of plants that had a sacred character in pre-Hispanic times and that continue to play a very important role in the food and culture of the Peruvian people to this day. Coca (Erythroxylon coca, E. novogranatense) is a shrub that reaches 2.5 meters in height with a […]
