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Runa Fotos, Mención, 2011

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  • The Kichwas of the Napo River<br />
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The Kichwas of San Pedro Sumino are very shy and reserved people. They are also one of the original tribes of the Ecuadorean jungle. This indigenous community lives fairly isolated from big cities.  A lot of their houses can only be reached by canoe making it hard for most to reach the roads and sell their products in the markets.  They survive in tight communities where helping the other is not an option but a philosophy of life. They receive basic or no assistance from the outside, having to work very hard together to make ends meet.  Still, they live without creating a great impact on their environment.  In what they call mingas, the Kichwas harvest, make canoes, fish, hunt, cook and play together. They don’t like anyone in their community to be left behind.  The Kichwas prosper together. With modernity, some things have changed, but the basic principles of living in a community have remained the same.  Kids wear jeans and listen to reggeton but they still help the family with all the daily chores.  They understand medicinal plants, can stand in a one-person canoe as they row up river and they deeply respect their elders. They know legends of rivers and boas and hold a tight relationship with nature, their home. <br />
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A man heads down the Napo River on a fishing trip near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   San Pedro is a Kichwa (indigenous) community located on the Napo River.   Many of the houses located along the river can only be reached by canoe and the residents live in isolation.   The people hunt, grow crops, such as corn and yuca, and fish in the Napo river.
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  • A family cleans up the nets after fishing at night in the Napo River near the community of San Pedro Sumino.  The Napo River is in the Ecuadorean jungle and feeds into the Amazon. The original tribes who have inhabited these lands are still here, the Kichwas. They live off their land and the river, their community is very tight and they all work for the common good.
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  • Blanca Ashanga harvests corn in a community field. All the community works in what they call a "Minga" where everyone contributes and harvest for the community.  The proceeds of selling the corn will be used for services in the community.
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  • A boy and his niece hang out in a room near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.  Usually older kids take care of the younger ones. Many of the houses have family and extended family living in it.
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  • The men of the community haul a canoe out to the river to test it, after making it from scratch. This canoe will be used to transport the people of the community up and down the river without having to pay much for this service.
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  • A butcher cuts up meat to sell at the weekly market in San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   Meet is consumed only a few days a week in most Kichwa families because of its cost.
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  • A woman serves up Yuca, a root eaten by the Kichwa people, both in drink form or cooked. The drink is called “chicha,” a beverage offered at all times of the day.  To not accept it when offered is an insult to Kichwas.  When you first enter their house, chicha is like a strong handshake.  It  is a covenant, allowing  strangers to build a trusting friendship.
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  • Gregorio Grefa makes a balsa canoe from scratch for his brother in law in the community of San Pedro Sumino. Being one of the only people to own a chainsaw in the community, Gregorio gets called for a lot of work.  He said the community helped him build his house, for which he is just paying back the favor to everyone else.
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  • An old woman stands by the Napo River near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   Her children have left, she lives with her granddaughter. At night they both go to a neighbors house where they get fed.
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  • Teenagers play pool during the weekly market in the center of San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   This part of town livens up once a week and then dies during the rest of it.  The bars are only open on market days.
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  • An older woman and a child start a fire near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.    Her children have left, she lives with her granddaughter. At night they both go to a neighbors house where they get fed.
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  • People play soccer in San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   San Pedro is a Quichua (indigenous) community located on the Napo River.   Many of the houses located along the river can only be reached by canoe and the residents live in isolation.   The people hunt, grow crops, such as corn and yuca, and fish in the Napo river.
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  • The Grefa kids at their home in San Pedro Sumino. The middle kid is a cousin who has moved in with the Grefas. He enjoys reading to his younger cousin during a rainy evening.
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  • A kid holds the string attached to his pet beattle in a preschool in the community of San Pedro Sumino. Kids in this preschool, the kids get breakfast and lunch, which helps with the families economies.
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  • A family cruises along the Napo near the community of San Pedro Sumino. The river is their main source of transportation back to their home.
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  • A boy holds a doll in San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   San Pedro is a Quichua (indigenous) community located on the Napo River.   Many of the houses located along the river can only be reached by canoe and the residents live in isolation.   The people hunt, grow crops, such as corn and yuca, and fish in the Napo river.
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  • Kichwa kids play and bathe in the Napo river .
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  • An old woman and a girl return to their house near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.   San Pedro is a Quichua (indigenous) community located on the Napo River.   Many of the houses located along the river can only be reached by canoe and the residents live in isolation.   The people hunt, grow crops, such as corn and yuca, and fish in the Napo river.
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  • Lorena Grefa washes her family clothes. In the Kichwa families all the kids help out, be it harvesting, fishing or taking care of the younger kids. Lorena lives with his parents and her little baby while her husband comes back from enlisting in the military services for two years.
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  • A girl feeds a baby chica de yuca, a drink made of fermented yuca in San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.  The “chicha,” a beverage made out of yuca and offered at all times of the day.  To not accept it when offered is an insult to Kichwas.  When you first enter their house, chicha is like a strong handshake.  It  is a covenant, allowing  strangers to build a trusting friendship.
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  • A girl combes her grandmother's hair near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.
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  • Thalia Ashanga bathes in the river while one of her aunts washes clothes.
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  • Three Kichwa boys play cards while they fish at night in the Napo River near the community of San Pedro Sumino.   They caught five carachamas (a type of fish) and one pirhana.
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  • Cirilo Grefa plays with paper boats at his home in San Pedro Sumino.
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  • A covered canoe heads down the Napo River near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.
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