Throughout the andes, women make a homebrew beer known as Chicha. Generally, in the highlands they use corn and sprout the kernels before cooking it, and in the jungles they use various root crops and chew it first to help with fermentation. Here are a few photos of some chicheras (brewers) making a huge batch of chicha for a wedding in a small andean village in the Sacred Valley.
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Chicha is sun (Inti) blood, nowadays call informally Gringo…because has blonde hair…can u belive it?
Chicha is sun (Inti) blood, nowadays call informally Gringo…because has blonde hair…can u belive it?
Chicha is sun (Inti) blood, nowadays call informally Gringo…because has blonde hair…can u belive it?
Great posting! I liked the photos with the comments describing what was going on with the photo. Good to see the detail of a whole cultural experience: Love, resources, cooking, drink and tradition. It does not get any better.
Nancy
Great posting! I liked the photos with the comments describing what was going on with the photo. Good to see the detail of a whole cultural experience: Love, resources, cooking, drink and tradition. It does not get any better.
Nancy
Great posting! I liked the photos with the comments describing what was going on with the photo. Good to see the detail of a whole cultural experience: Love, resources, cooking, drink and tradition. It does not get any better.
Nancy
Kinda makes me feel like I’m worrying way too much about sanitizing when I brew.
Kinda makes me feel like I’m worrying way too much about sanitizing when I brew.
Kinda makes me feel like I’m worrying way too much about sanitizing when I brew.
Reminds me of homebrew parties at the old West house.
Reminds me of homebrew parties at the old West house.
Reminds me of homebrew parties at the old West house.