The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . c3 0^ o O. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 111 cession, we reached Copacavana and saw the devotion withwhich each cluster approached the sanctuary. They wereadmitted to church to offer their respects, and, upon sally-ing from it, began to dance, pound their drums, and blowtheir flutes in each of the four corners of the square orplaza successively. It may not be out of place here to givean idea of the appearance of this square on the evening be-fore the festival. At each of the four comers, which are also the four en-trances, an altar had b
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . c3 0^ o O. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 111 cession, we reached Copacavana and saw the devotion withwhich each cluster approached the sanctuary. They wereadmitted to church to offer their respects, and, upon sally-ing from it, began to dance, pound their drums, and blowtheir flutes in each of the four corners of the square orplaza successively. It may not be out of place here to givean idea of the appearance of this square on the evening be-fore the festival. At each of the four comers, which are also the four en-trances, an altar had been erected. Two poles, about twentyfeet in height, were set into the ground and decorated withcolored cloth and ribbons, and connected, on the side to-wards the street, by blankets and ponchos stretching fromone pole to the other so as to form a background. Thisbackground was further supported by two intermediatepoles. At right angles to the former were set on each sidetwo other masts of equal height, and these sides were alsoclosed, leaving open only th
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