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Andean cultural heritage
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PrizeHonorable Mention
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PhotographerChen Liu, Panama
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Date of Photograph20250202
This photo was taken during Virgen de la Candelaria festival in Puno, Peru. It is one of Latin Amarica's grandest cultural celebrations in Peru's Puno and Bolivia's Andean regions. Tens of thousands of people flood into the streets to join the parade.
The content of this photo is an Andean little girl wearing traditional cloth and dancing in the vast parade.
The concept of this photo is to show the beauty of ancient Andean culture and the heritage of it in younger generations, calling for protection and reservation of precious historical ancient culture.