AP PHOTOGRAPHER USES BOX CAMERA FOR PERU FESTIVAL PORTRAITS
Jul 13, 12:07 AM EDT
SINAKARA VALLEY, Peru (AP) -- One by one, Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd positioned the traditional dancers, musicians and vendors in front of an old-fashioned box camera in Peru's Sinakara Valley as a colorful Andean festival exploded all around them.
The men, women and children were among the tens of thousands of pilgrims representing some eight nations who came to this sacred place in Quispicanchis province in Peru's Cuzco region for the annual Snow Star Festival, shortly before this year's Christian feast of Corpus Christi.
After their portraits were made, the subjects spoke of the beliefs and rituals they keep alive in the 21st century.
"I'm proud to be another soldier for the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i," said 33-year-old Aldo Machaca Quispe, referring to the image of Jesus Christ venerated in the region. He sat for a portrait with his son Brandon, 6, and said he hoped to pass down the traditions to the boy.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_PERU_SNOW_STAR_PORTRAITS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-07-13-00-07-00
More images of the Snow Star festival:
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