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Quechua women in Peru's Sacred Valley

Map of South America highlighting in purple the regions where Quechuan languages are spoken, primarily along the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and smaller areas in Colombia, Chile, and northern Argentina.

Farmer Justina Chipa, wearing traditional Andean clothing with a yellow-trimmed hat, sorts a large pile of potatoes outdoors in Pisac, Peru, with mountains in the background.

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Quechua women in Peru's Sacred Valley

Quechua women in Peru's Sacred Valley

United by related languages, Quechua peoples comprise many distinct communities with...

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Map of South America highlighting in purple the regions where Quechuan languages are spoken, primarily along the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and smaller areas in Colombia, Chile, and northern Argentina.

Map of Quechuan language distribution

Quechuan languages are spoken primarily along the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, Peru,...

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Farmer Justina Chipa, wearing traditional Andean clothing with a yellow-trimmed hat, sorts a large pile of potatoes outdoors in Pisac, Peru, with mountains in the background.

Quechua agricultural practices in the Sacred Valley

A Quechua farmer sorts harvested potatoes in Pisac, Peru. In the nearby Potato Park,...

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