Thursday, August 18, 2011

Visiting an Achuar Village

We took a canoe to the Achuar Village of Kusutkau.  Trees lined the river on either side.


A Kapok Tree

Laundry by the river

 Stairway from river up to village

Achuar village

Village and gardens


The Achuar women make beautiful clay pottery. 
We were given an opportunity to create a small pot.
The son of the boy who was teaching us loved the clay and wanted to join us.

Mother and son with traditional face paintings

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