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Protecting Q’eswachaka, the last Incan rope bridge | Stories of Resistance
Q’eswachaka is the last Incan rope bridge. It’s located down in a valley in the Andes mountains of Peru. And in early June, the residents of four Quechua communities hold a three-day-long festival, where they rebuild the bridge from scratch.
This is not just a task to be done, but an ancestral ceremony. A means of holding on to their traditions and the story—resisting modernity and the passage of time, by preserving this piece of their history and their culture.
The bridge itself is a symbol of the community’s connection to their past, to their ancestors, to the next generations, to the land……
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