Taquileños (Peru)

Posted by Anita (Quito, Ecuador) on 10 October 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Taquile is an island which sits on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. The highest point of the island is 4050 meters above sea level. About 1,700 people live on the island. Taquileños run their society based on community collectivism and on the Inca moral code "ama sua, ama llulla, ama qhilla" (Quechua: do not steal, do not lie, do not be lazy).