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Bolivia & Galapagos Islands 2013 - 3

by EMU Intercultural Programs

34 photos · 38 views

Our welcome sign to the village of Tocoli

Part of the welcome ceremony with more dancing in circles

Lined up for greeting with the community

Welcome flowers and ceremony

Welcome dance (jogging around in circles down the road to windpipe and drum music)

Blake and Elsa excited for the village stay

Calisto, the leader of the community, with Sarah and Jenni

Group picture with some of the community members in front of Lake Titicaca

The food was potatoes with sauces and beans

First meal with the community, spread out on traditional blankets and we sat on both sides and ate with our hands

Waiting to go on a boat ride on Lake Titicaca that ended up being another day, due to rain

Coca leaves, a huge part of the Aymara indigenous culture

Amazing view from Tocoli

The view from one of our host family’s houses

Cristina, Austin and Kaitlin playing Duck Duck Goose with the school children from the village

Calisto leading us through an Aymara ritual, Victoria and Jenni participating

The end of the ritual included burning what we had prepared

Blake enjoying the view before our service project

The view of Lake Titicaca while we worked

Praying over each site of a future building at the spiritual retreat site where we worked in the Village

Erin, Alex, Noel and Doug digging a pit to collect rain water for building bricks

Erin carrying rocks from the road to the pile

Marla, Kayla, Noel and Sarah enjoying the view after a hike up the mountain

Marla and Elsa with their boat rower