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 Staff
member
at the loom 01
One loom alone costs very much for the poors.
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Staff
member
at the loom 02 |
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Staff
members
in a discussion |
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Women
staff
members in a discussion |
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Boy
in
a tub |
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Loom
open
air 01
It's also possible to work open air.
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Loom
open
air 02
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Loom
open
air 03
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Indígena
mother
with children and water canister
For poor people without water tap the water canister
is absolutely normal, or also when the tap water
comes only for some hours.
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Children
with
water canister
When there is only water from water canisters the
water has to be boiled before drinking of course.
This provokes much energy consume and much money is
lost by this, and the rich of the country have no
idea of this...
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Working
group
in a semicircle 01
Mothers are here with their children. Most of the
children cannot go to school because the parents
don't have the money for the school uniforms (200
Soles every year for one school uniform, and a
sports uniform costs another 200 Soles, so all in
all 400 Soles every year for school uniforms for
each child). For the indígenas it's impossible to
pay the school uniform for each child in the school
age.
By this the Peruvian state is discriminating
children when the expensive school uniforms are
compulsory, and by this the Peruvian state produces
his illiterate people, and these children stay
dependent from their parents. The children
automatically copy the work of their parents because
the children want to do something useful, and
because playgrounds are rare. The parlor becomes a
replacement for the playground and the work becomes
a replacement for the plays.
Other poor parents send their children to sell
things, to clean shoes, send them for begging etc.
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Working
group
in a semicircle 02
One has to know that this is the only productive
possibilities for work for these people. As
indígenas they are discriminated in the country, as
illiterate they are discriminated one more time. The
costs for transport to their settlement are high
(one trip is 6 Soles, ca. 2 "US" Dollars). The money
is not enough for other things than the food, and
when the harvest is bad also the food is not enough.
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Working
group
in a semicircle 03
There is no law of emancipation for the indígenas in
Peru because the state with it's corrupt government
does not want to realize the base equipment for the
indígena settlements. But one has to consider that
the indígenas are the direct descendants of the
Incas, and the state's propaganda is using the Incas
always for it's "national" propaganda...
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Working
group
in a semicircle 04, upright
So, when one sees on these photos little children
between 0 and 5 years it's not sure if these
children will live the next year because in the
indígena settlements of the Sierra regularly 10% of
the children between 0 and 5 years die because of
hunger and cold. But for the Peruvian government in
Lima this is not important as long as the entire
population of Peru as a whole is rising in it's
statistics...
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Working
group
in a semicircle 05, upright
In the indígena settlements are missing products
like honey, chocolate, a good spelt bread or an
amaranth bread etc. There are missing many products
which are important for a survival in the cold
climate. All this has to be bought in Ayacucho and
has to be transported by combi with the few money
they get from the workshop of Ciriaco Sosa. Or they
sell things, clean shoes, or they are begging. And
for many products there is no money left. For
example gas bottles cannot be found in Milpo
(Millpo)...
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Working
group
on the door in a semicircle 01
Ciriaco Sosa took photos of the group "through the
house door" in a not so favorable light |
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Working
group
on the door in a semicircle 02
The Peruvian state with it's corrupt government
consisting of mestizos and whites in Lima refuses
any support to the handicraft in the Sierra. The
state gives not one single centimo. But this state
makes "national" propaganda with his markets for
handicraft in Lima. Until today the state is not
ready only to make a visit to the handicraft
workshops and to see how the population lives. As
long as there is no epidemic which would threaten
Lima not one single representative of Lima will
visit the indígenas to clarify the life conditions.
Respectively when there is an epidemic in the
indígena population the government will be happy
because this population is not needed in the
government's politics...
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Working
group
on the door in a semicircle 03
The illiterate indígenas themselves - and a part of
them have no telephone - are not prepared for
demonstrations for their rights. When they cannot
read nor write they don't feel strong enough against
the Peruvian capitalists of Lima who have no idea
what's the feeling when a child in the Sierra is
dying because of hunger and cold...
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Working
group
on the door in a semicircle 04
The big profits of tourism in the Sierra (Machu
Picchu etc.) is going all to Lima. The
administration of the Sierra is in Lima. The
government has no idea of the life conditions. The
arrogant capitalism of Lima is not interested for
the Sierra population. But: The indigenas are the
direct descendants of the Incas!
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Part
of
a group with Ciriaco Sosa and tapestry in the
background (span. tapiz) |
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Part
of
the group with Ciriaco Sosa and children
It's not sure if the little child at the right will
survive the winter.
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Stitching
woman,
woman tearing wool, and a little child
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Little
child,
boy and stitching woman |
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Stitched
bag
and child, finger fault
Stitched
bag
with child
It's a pity that
the girl (about 12) with the woven and stitched
bag was not there another time otherwise there
would have been possible a better photo.
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A
woman worker stitching a band 01 |
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A
woman worker stitching a band 02 |
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Stitching
woman
with a little child on her back and a child on the
floor
Will the little child survive the winter? It's not
sure...
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Stitching
woman
with a broad band |
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Worker
on
a loom 03 |
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Worker
on
a loom 04 |
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Worker
on
a loom 05, Ciriaco Sosa |
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Worker
on
a loom 06 |
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Worker
on
a loom 07 |
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Victoria
Sosa
with a woven bag with motive of birds
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Woven
bag
with motives of birds, closeup
The motives of birds are wedding symbols
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Tapestry
(span.
tapiz)
This tapiz is an important element of the pride of
Ciriaco Sosa.
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