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Located
to 40 Km. of the Puno city, with a diameter of 23 Km². and a maximum
height of 4,130 m.s.n.m. Their residents are devoted principaly to the
agriculture and they have similar customs that those of the island of
Taquile. Debido to the existence of granitic rocks, they have specialized
in the cut and carved of the stone, elaborating deposits of food, tables
and carved otros . Likewise the textile activity is similar to that of
Taquile, as much in the variety as in the design. In the hills Koanos
and Llaquistiti exist two témpletes undergroud that were erected
in honor to the fertility of the earth, sacred considered places where
he/she was practiced and he/she is still practiced ceremonial ritos of
adoration to the earth (payments), that are carried out by Yatiris or
Pacos (Andean priests). Today it is visited by esoterics since there the
cosmic-energy dualism is manifested.
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