Caccaccollo is a town of about 600. But I saw very few men because they we either working in the fields or working as porters on one of the trails. They have an elementary school but the children must go to Cusco for high school. The women produce a variety of textiles using traditional techniques. I was very impressed by how efficient they were. Every part of everything is used for something and then repurposed for something else.
The children had just completed their winter session of school and were also celebrating Peru's Independence Day so, they had a parade in the town square.
The temperature dropped to near freezing that night but that didn't stop us from dancing in the community center. It was a long cold walk up the steep mountainside to Miguel and Patricia's home were I spent the night.
Here's a video of their home:
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