Discover the ancient Inca tradition that keeps a centuries old rope bridge alive in the heart of Peru. This bridge is the Qeswachaka bridge, the last handwoven grass bridge from the Inca Empire. For hundreds of years it has spanned the Apurimac River high in the Andes. Instead of letting it fall, four local communities unite each year to rebuild it as their ancestors did during a three day festival of tradition. Men braid thick ropes from qoya grass while women weave smaller cords in a living te
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Discover the ancient Inca tradition that keeps a centuries old rope bridge alive in the heart of Peru. This bridge is the Qeswachaka bridge, the last handwoven grass bridge from the Inca Empire. For hundreds of years it has spanned the Apurimac River high in the Andes. Instead of letting it fall, four local communities unite each year to rebuild it as their ancestors did during a three day festival of tradition. Men braid thick ropes from qoya grass while women weave smaller cords in a living te
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Peruvian communities preserve the world's last Inca rope bridge. Every June, communities in the Cusco region, capital of the Inca Empire, join efforts in making ropes out of q'oya plants to renovate the Q'eswachaka bridge, the last of its kind, keeping alive a work and testament of ancient Inca knowledge. | AFP News Agency
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Peruvian communities preserve the world's last Inca rope bridge. Every June, communities in the Cusco region, capital of the Inca Empire, join efforts in making ropes out of q'oya plants to renovate the Q'eswachaka bridge, the last of its kind, keeping alive a work and testament of ancient Inca knowledge. | AFP News Agency
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Inka grass bridge Q'Eswachaka over the Apurimac river. Andes of Peru near the village Huinchiri (near Cusco). The Inca bridge needs to be renovated every year and is one of the last existing
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