28 relations: Amantaní, Apu (god), Clothing, Collectivism, Fishing, Handicraft, Horticulture, Iperú, Lake Titicaca, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Metres above sea level, Pachamama, Peru, Potato, Puno, Puno Quechua, Quechua people, Quechuan languages, Religion in the Inca Empire, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Soil conservation, Solar panel, Syncretism, Textile, Tourism, Tourism in Peru, UNESCO, Weaving.
Amantaní
Amantani is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca.
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Apu (god)
In the religion and mythology of Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, apus are the spirits of the mountains - and sometimes solitary rocks and caves, that protect the local people in the highlands.
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Clothing
Clothing (also known as clothes and attire) is a collective term for garments, items worn on the body.
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Collectivism
Collectivism is a cultural value that is characterized by emphasis on cohesiveness among individuals and prioritization of the group over self.
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Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.
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Handicraft
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools.
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Horticulture
Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).
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Iperú
Iperú Tourist Information and Assistance, or simply Iperú (with lower-case p)) is the Perú tourism office provided since 1994 by the Peruvian government through the Commission for the Promotion of Exports and Tourism of Perú (Comisión de Promoción de las Exportaciones y el Turismo del Perú, Promperú) and the National Institute for Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intellectual, INDECOPI), to provide domestic and foreign travelers with objective and impartial information as well as support services. The organization's logo is the international tourist information symbol, a lower-case white "i" inside a blue circle, followed by "perú". The Iperú headquarters are in Lima, and there are multilingual offices throughout the country. During 2007, Iperú handled 287,492 cases, including requests for information and for assistance or both, all over Peru.
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Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (Lago Titicaca, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru.
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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
The Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness of intangible cultural heritage and encourage local communities to protect them and the local people who sustain these forms of cultural expressions.
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Metres above sea level
Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.
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Pachamama
Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous people of the Andes.
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Peru
Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.
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Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum.
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Puno
Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
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Puno Quechua
Puno Quechua, also known as Quechua Collao (Qullaw), is a dialect of the Southern Quechua language, spoken in southern Peru near Bolivia.
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Quechua people
The Quechua people are the indigenous peoples of South America who speak any of the Quechua languages.
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Quechuan languages
Quechua, usually called Runasimi ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America.
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Religion in the Inca Empire
In the heterogeneous Inca Empire, polytheistic religions were practiced.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ.
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Soil conservation
Soil conservation is the preventing of soil loss from erosion or reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination.
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Solar panel
Photovoltaic solar panels absorb sunlight as a source of energy to generate electricity.
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Syncretism
Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.
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Textile
A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).
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Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.
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Tourism in Peru
Tourism in Peru makes up the nation's third largest industry, behind fishing and mining.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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Weaving
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taquile_Island