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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 covered canoe heads down the Napo River near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.
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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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  • A girl combes her grandmother's hair near San Pedro Sumino in August of 2009.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • Colombia, Macedonia, 2010. Un pozo con fin. <br />
Cuando llega la época seca del año y no llueve, los pobladores improvisan pozos artesanales para recoger agua pura. En medio de tal abundancia de vida, en esta selva se corre el riesgo de no proporcionar el agua suficiente para el consumo humano. Las consecuencias del uso del hombre sobre los recursos naturales y el cambio climático se tornan más drásticas en este paisaje virgen. <br />
. A well with aim.<br />
When the dry season arrives and it does not rain, the villagers improvise by building artisan wells to gather pure water. In the middle of such abundant life, this forest runs the risk of not providing sufficient drinking water for its humans’ consumption. The consequences of man’s use of the natural resources and its effect on climatic changes become more dramatic in this virgin landscape.
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