Peru Trip -- 01/23/03 to 02/01/03 -- Photos 191-195

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The group rests and listens to Leylys talk about the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman.

Jill Schurman and Sylvia Zapata perch on the edge of the Inca throne. From this vantage point, the generals could review their troops...

...parading in the large field below.

Next, we travel to the Quechua village of Chinchero where skilled traditional weavers introduce us to the ancient Andean art of the backstrap loom. This woman demonstrates how the wool is spun into yarn.

The younger weavers learn weaving on small, narrow backstrap looms.

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