Aymara

The Aymara are a native ethnic group in the Andes region of South America, about 2.3 million live in Bolivia, Peru, Northern Chile, and Argentina. They lived in the region for many centuries before becoming a subject people of the Inca, and later of the Spanish in the 16th century. This article is about the Aymara as an ethnic group, not the Aymara language.

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There existed rich Aymara kingdoms, which were conquered by Huayna Capac between 1493 CE and 1525 CE. He took their stone masons to Cusco to train them in the Inca style: these masons later helped in building some of the architecture the Inca are now known for. Though conquered by the Inca, due to their isolation in the Altiplano and high regard for their culture and language the Aymara people never adopted the Inca language Quechua.

Ethnic group: An ethnic group is a culture or subculture whose members are readily distinguishable by outsiders based on traits originating from a common racial, national, linguistic, or religious source. Members of an ethnic group are often presumed to be culturally or biologically similar, although this is not ...

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Bolivia: The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....

Aymara related Images and Photos (experimental)

Traditiona Totora Reed Boat & Aymara Lake Titicaca Bolivia / Peru South America