Cultural Continuity

Posted on 2012/07/13, 9:38 pm By Grotesque Idols

Now for a dose of heritage and modernity:

Feast Day at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia (postcard from 1910)

Feast Day at Tiwanaku, Bolivia (photograph from 2005)

The first is on sale on ebay and I long to buy it. I won’t (since I won’t buy from ebay); but the tone of the shot is so remarkably familiar. The masks. The dudes milling about. The chance to start dancing/drinking/rockin a zampoña at any moment. It is the same place. Heck, chances are these were taken within a few meters of the same spot.