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  • Cayucos with products for trade in the riverbed of the Madre de Dios River, near the town of Boca Colorado, Peru. In the interior of the Amazon jungle there are many camps for the extraction of gold.
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  • Selling fried fish in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Dancer with traditional clothes and mask (waq'ollo) during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Two miners work alongside the bed of the Madre de Dios River in the extraction of gold by suction using a gasoline engine in the Peruvian Amazon. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • A man protects himself from the rain in Huepetuhe, Peru. Huepetuhe is a town where the largest gold extraction is concentrated and where people work every day, destroying the Amazon rainforest.
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  • Vegetation of the Peruvian Amazon. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • Fire to burn small vegetation before cutting down trees to broaden the search for gold in the Peruvian Amazon at Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • A man holds a flag for identify to the people from his village between thousands of pilgrims in the valley during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims take a break while one of them touches the quena after attending the festival that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Daily life in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A couple and other people attend a soccer game in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Women sell fruits and tubers in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A woman sells sausage and meat during a party in the main square of Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Daily life, a group of men watch a soccer game in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A child poses for a photo during a party on the streets of Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • People attend a party in the main square of Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Huepetuhe is one of the largest mining areas in the Peruvian Amazon. Huepetuhe, Peru.
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  • Wood from the Amazon in Madre De Dios, Peru.
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  • Workplace for gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Delta 1, Peru.
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  • A miner during his work day, around him, trees that have been cut down to expand the area for the extraction of gold in the Peruvian Amazon. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • A miner adjusts the moorings of the machinery they use to extract gold in the Peruvian Amazon. Once they have finished extracting gold in that place, they will continue deforesting to extend the work area. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • One of many trees felled to expand the work area for gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • A woman and a child lights candles at night next to a banner that identifies his comparsa during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • The music bands plays for the dancers days and nights during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Men go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
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  • Main ceremony during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow in Quechua), In this celebration you can observe the syncretism between the Andean beliefs and the Catholic religion, in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims and dancers prepare to perform a ritual at sunrise to receive the first rays of the sun during the festivity that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Dancers from different villages of the Andes during the festivity of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A miner removes the stones that clog a hose that sucks the mud, a motor drives the mud so that it collides with a mesh and it slid along a carpet and by gravity the gold is trapped. Bed of the Madre de Dios River near Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • Washed soil slides down four carpeted ramps that catch gold in its wake in Huepetuhe, Peru. Huepetuhe is one of the largest mining areas in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Huepetuhe is one of the largest mining areas in the Peruvian Amazon. Huepetuhe, Peru. The view is from an old river bed.
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  • Landscape devastated by mining activity in Huepetuhe, Peru. Huepetuhe is a town where the largest gold extraction is concentrated every day, destroying the Amazon rainforest.
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  • A young man waits for transportation to go to work at a gold mining camp in Huepetuhe, Peru. Huepetuhe is a town where the largest gold extraction is concentrated within the mining corridor in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Pickup trucks cross several rivers carrying gasoline. The Peruvian government has prohibited the sale of gasoline in large quantities without a permit in the Peruvian Amazon. Huaypetue, Peru.
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  • Deforested landscape and old gold extraction zone in the middle of the mining corridor in the Peruvian Amazon. San Jose de Kareme, Peru.
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  • Deforested landscape and gravel mounds to mount ramps for the separation of gold sediments in San Jose de Kareme, Peru.
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  • A miner uses a wooden plank to float and stand while tying down the hose that sucks the mud out of a flooded hole containing gold sediment in Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • Traditional dancers dance day and night in front of a small chapel during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in the background the Qullqipunku mountain in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A woman drinks water from a piece of ice of thawing of the mountain glacier Sinaqara during the celebration that worships the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims return from the sanctuary in the afternoon after praying to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, which takes place every year in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Local photographers mount a big background with images of tigers, macaws and waterfalls to take photos to the pilgrims in the way to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i sanctuary Cusco, Peru.
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  • Miners wash and shake a carpet to separate the gold sediments on a riverbed, near to Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • The miners come and go from their camps for the extraction of gold in the interior of the Amazon rainforest, they move through the Madre de Dios River in Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • Riverbed of the Madre de Dios River, near the town of Boca Colorado, Peru. In the interior of the Amazon jungle there are camps for the extraction of gold.
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  • A couple embraces during a party in the main square of Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Daily life in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Three women pose for a photo during a party in the main square of Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Monument dedicated to the miners who came with the hope of finding gold in Huepetuhe, Peru. Huepetuhe is a town where the largest gold extraction is concentrated within the mining corridor. in the peruvian Amazon.
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  • Deforested landscape, and waste in an old gold mining area in the mining corridor in the Peruvian Amazon. San Jose de Kareme, Peru.
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  • A miner holds gold in his hand, with the sale of the gold he will obtain payment for his 24-hour workday in San José de Kareme, Peru.
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  • A family heads to the mining corridor in Madre de Dios, Peru.
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  • A group of men build a new machine for the extraction of gold in the Peruvian Amazon. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • Dancer with traditional clothes and a hat hand embroidery during celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Portrait of a dancer at dusk during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow), in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A woman with her son in her arms observes the procession of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Men with flags and traditional wool clothing from Paucartambo village go up to the sacred mountain Sinaqara to worship to all the mountains or Apus, during the celebration of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru. By the climate change the glacier is retiring, now in the place of the ritual there isn't snow, for them, snow is sacred and an important part of the celebration.
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  • Musicians play flutes of cane with drum and cymbals during their pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Qoyllur Rit'i in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Two women prepare te meal inside they house in Mahuayani, Mahuayani is the last town before the 8-kilometer walk to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i sanctuary in Cusco, Peru.
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  • A girl carries a baby on her back during the festivity of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i, in tents merchants sell food to the pilgrims in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Men with a group of horses that are used to carry merchandise to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Pilgrims walk during of 8 kilometres to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) at the top of the mountain they pray to the Apus (mountains) in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Daily life, some people watch a soccer game in Boca Colorado, Peru. Boca Colorado is a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Sediment mounds from gold extraction in the mining corridor in the Peruvian Amazon. San Jose de Kareme, Peru.
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  • A miner controls an engine adapted to suck and eject mud from a flooded hole in the Peruvian Amazon, the mud contains gold that is separated by gravity as it slides down a ramp. Boca Colorado, Peru.
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  • Women clean potatoes to prepare food for a group of pilgrims, in the backgroud, hundreds of tents that pilgrims place to stay for 3 or 4 days in the valley of the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i , a festival that takes place every year in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Mahuayani, where the 8-kilometer hike begins to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i (The Lord of the Shining Snow) sanctuary in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Los mineros talan árboles para despejar el area e inundar agujeros para extraer el oro de la tierra con una máquina en Boca Colorado, Perú.
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  • Las mujeres y niñas trabajan en el exterior de la mina buscando oro entre los fragmentos de roca que son arrojados del interior del socavón, en La Rinconada, Perú, 2012. Debido a las creencias, las mujeres tienen prohibido entrar a los socavones para evitar que el mineral se esconda y no pueda ser hallado.
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  • One man loads gasoline for the boat's engine, other miners head to different gold mining sites along the Madre de Dios River in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A group of young people wait for a truck to take them to Delta 1. To move from one town to another within the mining corridor, several rivers must be crossed, this is more difficult in the rainy season.
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  • Delta 1, one of the main gold mining towns in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Students in the courtyard of a school in Boca Colorado, a town formed entirely by mining activity in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Floating tree trunks, a devastated landscape, mounds of gravel to support ramps for the separation of sediments with gold in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A single man is in charge of felling trees to extend the area of search and extraction of gold in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Retrato de una mujer en la mina de Rinconada.
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  • Tres mujeres buscan oro en los fragmentos de roca extraídos de la mina en Rinconada.<br />
Las mujeres no pueden ingresar a la mina, los mineros creen que si una mujer ingresa a la mina, el oro desaparece.<br />
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Three women look for gold in the fragments of rock that have been extracted from the mine in Rinconada.<br />
Women are not allowed to enter into the mine, the miners have the belief that if a woman enters into the mine the gold disappears.
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  • Una mujer vende desayunos en la calle de Rinconada.
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  • A miners group struggles to drag big pieces of machinery by kilometers that will use to separate gold from the rocks in the mine of Rinconada.
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  • Dos mineros camina en el interior de un socavón en la mina de Rinconada.
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  • Garbage everywhere in Rinconada.
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  • Mound of gravel that was used to place a separation ramp for gold sediments in Delta 1, one of the main gold mining towns in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • Father Pablo Zavala offers a mass for the death of a person from the San Jose de Kareme community in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A miner walks alongside a flooded area used to extract gold by means of a truck engine machine, tubes and hoses in the Peruvian Amazon.
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  • A miner uses a wooden board to float and move through a flooded hole from which they extract gold with machinery in the Peruvian Amazon.
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