During the celebration of Tinku, several people confronting each other just before starting to fight.

During the celebration of Tinku, several people confronting each other just before starting to fight. Stock Photo
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Nacho Calonge / Alamy Stock Photo

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F1TRB2

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34.3 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)

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4243 x 2829 px | 35.9 x 24 cm | 14.1 x 9.4 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

4 May 2015

Location:

Macha, Department of Potosi, Bolivia, South America

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Tinku is an Andean ritual and folk dance of the department of Potosi, Bolivia. The meaning of the word Tinku in Quechua is "encounter". In this celebration, attendees of different communities fight each other and offer the spilled blood of Mother Earth. It is a celebration of pre-Columbian origin