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Totora may refer to:

  • Totora (plant), a South American plant
  • Totora Municipality, Carrasco Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
  • Totora, Cochabamba, a town in Totora Municipality, Bolivia
  • Totora, Oruro, a town in Bolivia
  • Totora District, in Amazonas, Peru

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Totora

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Totora may refer to: Totora (plant), a South American plant Totora Municipality, Carrasco Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Totora, Cochabamba...

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Caballito de totora

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Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards. Named for the...

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History of surfing

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thousand years ago. The Moche culture used the caballito de totora (little horse of totora), with archaeological evidence showing its use around 200 CE...

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San Pedro de Totora Province

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San Pedro de Totora is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. San Pedro de Totora province is one of the sixteen provinces...

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Uru people

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of large pallets of floating Totora roots, which are tied together with ropes and covered in multiple layers of totora reeds. These dense roots that...

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Juliaca

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Uros settled in the river towns, taking advantage of the benefits of the totora and the fish of Lake Titicaca, settled in the surrounding lakes: Chacas...

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Totora Municipality

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Totora Municipality is the first municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Totora. Totora Municipality...

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Lake Titicaca

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nonendemic). Reeds and other aquatic vegetation are widespread in Lake Titicaca. Totora sedges grow in water shallower than 3 m (10 ft), less frequently to 5.5 m...

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Reed boat

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constructed from totora reeds. Each floating island supports between three and ten houses, also built of reeds. The Uros still build totora reed boats, which...

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Department of Puno

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have artificially made entirely of totora reeds, and they navigate in their traditional boats also made out of totora reeds. Taquile, Suasi, and Amantaní...

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Totora District

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Totora District is one of twelve districts of the province Rodríguez de Mendoza in Peru. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática....

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Huanchaco

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Trujillo, Peru. Huanchaco is known for its surf breaks, its caballitos de totora and its ceviche, and is near the ancient ruins of Chan Chan. Huanchaco was...

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Pumapunku

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entrance to Pumapunku were most likely out of Totora-reed stones. At the west entrance of Pumapunku Totora-reed stones were found. Early visitors who saw...

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Easter Island

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Rano Raraku and Rano Kau. The presence of these reeds, which are called totora in the Andes, was used to support the argument of a South American origin...

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World Surfing Reserves

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Caballitos de totora in Huanchaco beach sunset. Caballitos de Totora are considered one of the first ways of surfing....

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Floating island

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who build their villages upon what are in effect huge rafts of bundled totora reeds. The Uros originally created their islands to prevent attacks by their...

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Traditional fishing boat

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islands scattered across Lake Titicaca. These islands are constructed from totora reeds. Each floating island supports between three and ten houses, also...

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List of autonomous areas by country

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Mojocoya · Charazani · Jesús de Machaca · Pampas Aullagas · San Pedro de Totora · Chipaya · Salinas de Garci Mendoza · Chayanta · Charagua territorio indígena...

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