looking down
a weaving demonstration
local ingredients are used for coloring
the evening drums
in the evening it gets chilly
Chinchero is a small community in the Sacred Valley between Cuzco and Urubamba. Legend has it that this town is the mythical
birthplace of the rainbow.
The church from the early 17th century is build on the ruins of an old Inca Palace, maybe
from Inca Tupac Yupanqui.
The main tourist attraction seems to be
the Sunday Market.
On our way back to
Cusco from Ollantaytambo we stopped at this little town late in the afternoon in June 2008.
We had an interesting
demonstration of the traditional way to dye alpaca wool while sipping coca tea. After all the altitude is a staggering 3762 meters!
the demonstration on how to dye the alpaca wool starts
the stairs leading to the higher parts of town
the market in front of the church
excavated Inca ruins
