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Cleaning acequia or irrigation canal

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Title:
Cleaning acequia or irrigation canal
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
Date:
1970
Country:
Peru
ID Number:
ISB_00991
File Name:
ISB_00991.jpg
Subject:
Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Laborers
Irrigation
Canals
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
Image View Description:
View of Cleaning acequia or irrigation canal
Description:
For three days before the Yarqa Aspiy, the irrigation system is cleaned by communal labor.
Bibliography:
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 2 (p. 138-145): http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Rituals: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/rituals
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Series:
Yarqa Aspiy ritual series : 01
Format:
Image
Rights:
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