Several men waiting for new fights are initiated during the celebration of Tinku.
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4896 x 3264 px | 41.5 x 27.6 cm | 16.3 x 10.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
4 May 2015Location:
Macha, Department of Potosi, Bolivia, South AmericaMore information:
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