Descendants Of The Incas In Peru: Amazing Photographs

[Athena Goldsmith]

Descendants Of The Incas In Peru: Amazing Photographs By National Geographic

First Posted: 03-26-11 10:18 AM   |   Updated: 03-26-11 10:18 AM


On the remote Peruvian island of Taquile, in the middle of the great Lake Titicaca, hundreds of people stand in silence on the plaza as a local Roman Catholic priest recites a prayer. Descended in part from Inca colonists sent here more than 500 years ago, the inhabitants of Taquile keep the old ways. They weave brilliantly colored cloth, speak the traditional language of the Inca, and tend their fields as they have for centuries. On festival days they gather in the plaza to dance to the sound of wooden pipes and drums.

More information on Taquile and Peru can be found in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands March 29.

All photos by Robert Clark for National Geographic.



Perched high in the Peruvian Andes, the royal retreat of Machu Picchu testifies to the Inca's masterful building skills with its precision-cut stones and perfectly placed cascades of terraces. ©Robert Clark/National Geographic

[Athena Goldsmith]

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