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Compassion

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We started off on day 3 waking up to cool weather and breakfast prepared by the Lakota women. During the day the boys in the coming-of-age camp built a magnificent tipi in the center of the camp, while we observed and learned from the elders. We learned that the poles used to build the tipi...

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A Day on the Island

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Today’s our last day of work. We wake up at four or five. The monsoon season twists the usual crowing into white noise, and the wind calls to us from the other sides of our doors. There is no way to separate the darkness of our closed eyes from the darkness around us. By seven,...

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Inti Raymi

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Today we went to Cusco to see Inti Raymi, which is the winter solstice festival. Although chaotic, It was beautiful. Watching the dances and all the people in their beautiful outfits made everyone take a step back. Everything about the festival was so rich with history and culture. Everything we had learned about during the...

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