Friday, May 20, 2011

chicha morado


chicha morado
a girl selling rainbow paints
her mother knitting

One of the booths at the big Sunday farmer's feria in Pisac is so electrifying that I stand for a long time just drinking in the colors. The girl, of course, tries to sell me some of her colored pigments or a cup of chicha morada, a delicious drink made from choclo morado, purple maize boiled with pineapple rind, cinnamon and clove and then mixed with sugar and lemon. Both women and men may be seen knitting, often while walking.

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