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...Indians at Ucareña: "Now that the land is yours, I ask you to carry out your part by growing more." Donning a native cap himself, he then sprinkled some drops of chicha (corn beer) in the field-an ancient Indian ceremony by which the earth goddess Pachamama is beseeched to be fruitful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Land for the Indians | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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