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Woman in costume of the Uywa Ch'uwiris dance, Cucho Esqueña community

2025 · Acora, Puno, Perú

Photograph of a woman in costume for the Uywa Ch'uwiris dance from the Cucho Esqueña community, at the traditional costume contest of the Jach'a Anata Phunchawi in Acora, Puno, in 2025. The description says the dance represents the livestock challa, a ritual giving thanks to the apus.

Date: 2025
Place: Acora, Puno, Perú
People: Alderman roku (photography)
In the encyclopedia: Dance ↗Música de challa ↗
Format: JPEG / WebP / AVIF
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit: Alderman roku
Source: commons.wikimedia.org ↗
No.: EFMA·IMG·0143

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