Bolivia | Tinku Festival (29 images)
Each May, up to 3000 thousand indigenous Bolivian indians descend on the isolated mountainous village of Macha 75 miles north of Potosi in the Bolivian Andes. The 600 year old pre-hispanic Bolivia Festival of Tinku sees villagers from all over the region march into town to be pitted against each other in a toe to toe, fist to fist combat
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4:.Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4:.Rival village groups...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival village groups...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-May 4: An injured villager, with...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Police use tear gas to...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: An injured villager is...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: Villagers arrive from...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Quechuans drink grain...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: An injured villager lies...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: An elderly woman walks...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival village groups...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: Villagers run as police...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: Villagers arrive from...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: Villagers run as police...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: Villagers watch from a...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA-MAY 4: Rival villagers fight in...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: An injured villager lies...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: An elderly Quechuan...
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MACHA, BOLIVIA- MAY 4: An injured villager...
