Taquile Island

You can arrive at this place by boat in 3 hours from Puno. It is really wonderful, as well as the inhabitants clothes. Indeed, the island is known for its handicraft and the expertise of women in textile sector. The social organization on the island is quite exceptional; all the touristic industry (among other) is managed by the community through a council that regularly changes the members. The capital that comes in the island is commingled and then shared by this same council; work is collectivized… In Taquile, clothes have a very important social function; men have to knit their hat whose colors depends of their marital status, red for married men, white and red for single men. Thought symbols used by women in their woven works, it is possible to understand part of their belief, world view, as well as several social habits of the daily life in the island.