Persoonlijk werk, gemaakt in 2018 en 2019 in Peru and Bolivië.
Verschenen in oa. De Standaard.
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High up in the Andes there are still small towns where life has barely changed trough hundreds of years. One of the biggest indigenous groups of people that still remain in this area are the Quechua and Aymara Indians, both direct descendants of the Incas. They still live in the areas once governed by the Inca Empire, with the biggest groups in Peru and Bolivia. Most Quechua live on the stark, steep slopes of the central Andes. Here the soil is poor, the wind strong, and the weather cold. Houses provide only shelter and a place to store goods, eat and sleep. Days are spent primarily outside, tending extensive herds of alpacas, llamas and sheep. They make a living of selling their wool.
Their main believe is the belief that supernatural forces govern everyday events, such as weather and illness.
According to South American indigenous traditions, they believe in a supernatural force, named Pachamama. She is the mother of the mountains, of life that is born and grows, of all people. It is because of her that fruit ripens, animals multiply and women have babies. It is she who controls the weather. If she gets angry, she sends thunder and storms. She is Mother Earth.
