| The Mapuche: Images From The Past | |
» Page Three: Mapuche woman tending to loomsThe Interior of a Mapuche homewith women tending to looms. Within their territory the land was divided into different regions dependant on altitude and enviroment. The high Andes, was called the "land of the snows" or Pire Mapu, which in the Araucanian region was quite moderate. Here in between the high white peaks were fertile valleys of tundra, where various tribes would meet to gather on sacred occasions. |
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