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Peru: The female porters of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is South America's most popular tourist attraction. Indigenous women have recently begun working as porters for trekkers up the Andean trail, something that until recently would have been unthinkable in conservative and patriarchal Peru.
Date 25.10.2019
Peru: The female porters of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is South America's most popular tourist attraction. Indigenous women have recently begun working as porters for trekkers up the Andean trail, something that until recently would have been unthinkable in conservative and patriarchal Peru.
- 6:30 minutes video at link -
https://www.dw.com/en/peru-the-female-porters-of-machu-picchu/av-50972312
