Under the Southern cross in South America . OF ITBRAJES, XIlAR PAZ. ROADSIDE SCENE, OBRAJES a05 MOST PICTURESQUE INDIAN CITY 267 commanded read) customers. The marts where these goods wereexposed reminded me of some of the Oriental bazars I had visitedin my travels in Morocco. The chief attraction of the markets for many visitors center inthe gay costimies and dresses of the venders. Their continual move-ments presented a varied and wonderful panorama of coloring frombright scarlets and blood reds to azure blues and emerald a picture for an artist!—but where is the a
Under the Southern cross in South America . OF ITBRAJES, XIlAR PAZ. ROADSIDE SCENE, OBRAJES a05 MOST PICTURESQUE INDIAN CITY 267 commanded read) customers. The marts where these goods wereexposed reminded me of some of the Oriental bazars I had visitedin my travels in Morocco. The chief attraction of the markets for many visitors center inthe gay costimies and dresses of the venders. Their continual move-ments presented a varied and wonderful panorama of coloring frombright scarlets and blood reds to azure blues and emerald a picture for an artist!—but where is the artist who couldhave painted it ? While the ponchos are the distinctive outer cover-ing of the men, their remaining apparel claims attention. Theyhave peculiar headpieces which var} according to the degree of im-portance assumed by the wearers among their kind, some havingbright-colored knit caps with large ear-flaps hanging down, at eachside, others proudly displaymg felt hats as a mark or Mestizos or Cholos (half-breeds) who look upon themselvesas white try t
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