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Post by bjd on Apr 12, 2010 16:40:17 GMT
No -- I saw a couple of indigenous people (can't remember the name of the tribe) on the coast but I didn't spend much time in the countryside. I have the impression that Ecuador is much more Indian, and even there, according to statistics, less than 20% of the population is purely indigenous, and about 70% are mixed. There was this guy selling jewelry, but I think it was also a way to attract attention from tourists
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Post by rikita on Apr 13, 2010 8:22:07 GMT
well the definition of indigenous or mestizo is difficult though anyway, so one had to be careful with those statistics... at least in the andes (the texts i read about that were about peru, but i suppose it would be similar in bolivia or ecuador) the categories are not only "racial" and cultural, but also social, and can change throughout the course of a person's life...
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Post by bjd on Apr 13, 2010 8:54:33 GMT
Absolutely, rikita. Those were statistics in a government article in Ecuador last year. I was surprised that the "indigenous" category was so low because, especially in more rural areas, so many people looked indigenous and so many women wore non-Western type clothing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2010 1:56:19 GMT
indigenous oyster shucker
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 14, 2010 5:15:44 GMT
Cute little fat oysters, too.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 15, 2010 18:40:51 GMT
one for casi, since it's been a few days:
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 26, 2010 19:26:44 GMT
Apparently "never on a Sunday" doesn't apply in Oaxaca .............
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 19:31:45 GMT
Riding a bike down the infamous rue Saint Denis in Paris around 8:15 on a Saturday morning definitely showed me that there must be plenty of early customers when the weather is mild, because I saw at least 30 workers waiting for customers at that ungodly hour.
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Post by rikita on Apr 26, 2010 22:08:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 22:11:38 GMT
Gardeners at the botanical gardens
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Post by bjd on Apr 27, 2010 7:22:29 GMT
The Pope was at Castelgandolfo the same day we were, but we weren't invited. These guys were making sure nobody unwanted was allowed in.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 27, 2010 15:19:37 GMT
How inhospitable!
I'm wondering if the guy on the left is technically out of uniform. He has no spats, and those modern shoes with laces look all wrong.
Great picture, incidentally.
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Post by bjd on Apr 27, 2010 16:06:34 GMT
How inhospitable!
yeah, we thought so too. We were sitting in the square in front of the entrance when suddenly a bunch of limousines arrived, guys in suits got out and went in.
Actually, the guy on the left is an officer, so his uniform is not the same as the guards. I learned that the striped uniforms were designed by Michelangelo. The striped guy probably has ordinary shoes under his spats.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2010 11:36:28 GMT
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Post by lola on May 15, 2010 14:54:02 GMT
Blessings on that brave plasterer.
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Post by greyghost1 on May 15, 2010 19:44:12 GMT
bix, the colours in #56 are so vibrant. Just lovely pictures.
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Post by greyghost1 on May 15, 2010 20:52:35 GMT
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Post by greyghost1 on May 15, 2010 20:55:07 GMT
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Post by greyghost1 on May 15, 2010 20:59:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2010 21:42:55 GMT
Who said the French were lazy?
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Post by Jazz on May 15, 2010 21:45:55 GMT
Great photos, Greyghost. I love the last one, workman and baguette.
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Post by greyghost1 on May 16, 2010 16:52:22 GMT
Well people certainly seemed industrious that day in the 18th. What impressed me was the hills and things they had to navigate to get the materials to the worksite. And thanks for your compliments.
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Post by imec on May 16, 2010 18:36:29 GMT
I love the last one, workman and baguette. +1!!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 16, 2010 19:33:23 GMT
You really have an eye for capturing the moment, GreyGhost, and I love the way you compose your pictures. They're all so good, and I particularly like the 3rd pic in #76.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2010 10:33:28 GMT
These are all great!! I hadn't looked in here in some time. I caught these potato farmers out cultivating while on a bike ride up in my home town. There are very few existing potato farms left there...it brought back marvelous memories of my childhood,the smell in particular,of the recently churned earth was overpowering,there's nothing like it. These are old tractors BTW.
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Post by lagatta on May 20, 2010 17:46:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 15:00:47 GMT
A glimpse of one of the back alleys of the fabulous homes in Miami Beach,here,one very hot morning,this fellow getting ready to tar a roof... Boy,did I feel for him,the smell of the hot tar alone made me feel almost nauseous.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2010 5:23:38 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 2, 2010 5:32:21 GMT
Love that first tractor pic, with the birds flying up.
For me, that fireman photo is one of the stars of this thread.
pee ess ~~ I see I missed some of the pictures on this page, love the bagpiper and the guys on the side of the building.
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Post by bjd on Jul 2, 2010 6:33:19 GMT
Casi's mention of the guy tarring a roof in the heat reminds me that yesterday, it was 35° here, and there was a guy up on my neighbour's roof putting on the final tiles. When I commiserated with him, he said it was hot but better than working outside in the winter. Here are more workers:
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