CUZCO, PERU: Local villagers taking a well deserved break. TAKING handy-craft to a new level pictures show a five century-old tradition where local people build the ultimate hand-made 100-foot-long rope bridge. One thousand villagers come together in a three-day feat in taking down the old Queswachaca Bridge and making a new one, with a grand celebration on the fourth day. This bridge is the only bridge conserved of this type from the Inca tradition. Working up to twelve hours-a-day, pictures show the construction stages from making the smaller ropes and then braiding them into the huge ropes
CUZCO, PERU: Local villagers taking a well deserved break. TAKING handy-craft to a new level pictures show a five century-old tradition where local people build the ultimate hand-made 100-foot-long rope bridge. One thousand villagers come together in a three-day feat in taking down the old Queswachaca Bridge and making a new one, with a grand celebration on the fourth day. This bridge is the only bridge conserved of this type from the Inca tradition. Working up to twelve hours-a-day, pictures show the construction stages from making the smaller ropes and then braiding them into the huge ropes needed to make the bridge over the river Apurimac, in the Cuzco region of Peru.
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Keywords: america, bridges, cuzco, locals, making, peru, rope, ropes, south, tradition, village, villagers
