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Uros Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca (2005)

Peru

Just 30 minutes by boat from the port of Puno, is the home of the ancient Peruvian indigenous tribe, the Uros people. The community has lived on the floating islands for centuries. According to history, the pre-Inca community of the Uros was forced to build their floating houses when the Inca Empire expanded their lands and expelled them.

 

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Uploaded on January 12, 2022
Taken on April 28, 2005