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Otavalo Artisan Markets & Cuicocha

Feb 13 2022

After a few days of class in Quito we took off for the north, arriving to the beautiful city of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura for several days.

 

Here is a short clip of some of the music Don Jose Luis and family performed for us during our visit… Enjoy!

Looking ahead to the coming week we have 5 full days of class as our “study” portion of the term all begins to wrap up with the completion of final projects and papers due for various classes. The students are planning a fun celebration/goodbye party with our Quito host families for Friday night.

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