Intermission
MALARKEY
Jo & Trevor Bush
Tue 22 Nov 2011 17:17
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A brief intermission in the tale of the Second
South American Inquisition.
It has been noted that I have been a bit verbose
over the last few blogs and it's time for a brief intermission.
No chocolates, icecream, peanuts or some trolly
dolly shining a torch in your face, just a collection of photos of Peru &
Bolivia's most bazaar attribute......their funny hats.
It is strikingly obvious as soon as you arrive in
this part of the world, these people are different and proud of their
heritage. Their funky hats all have a meaning from their geographical
origin of birth, their position in the community, to their marital status.
Here is a just a few that we come across.
   Girls about
town
Married Indian, (hat turned
up)
Unmarried Indian Chicas, (hats turned down.....all shy like)
   Unmarried mother, (tutt,
tutt)
Probably the father, our friend the chief
'T'
Cheeky little ragamuffin
  Haven't got a clue, but funky hats
eh?
Wives of Rancheros
   A cheeky
Ranchero
Oh, where did you get that
hat?
Makes me smile every
time, (Andrea)
   Recognise these two funny
hats? My
favourite, of
course
Wot no bar up here?
That's it for Bolivia. Check it out if you have the
chance. It's full of extremes, surprises, amazing natural landscapes and lovely
people.
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