Several Aymara Indians carry the Wipala, the original flag of the Andean indigenous peoples

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The day before his appointment as president of Bolivia, Evo Morales attended an indigenous ritual in the ruins of Tiahuanaco. A group of amautas (Aymara sacerdótes), imposed the symbols that conferred him as a leader of the indigenous peoples, while giving him the spiritual energy of their gods. In the photo, several Aymara Indians carry the wipala, the original flag of the Andean indigenous peoples

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Photo credit: © Nacho Calonge / Alamy / Afripics
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