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An Andean village avoided by rain clouds, Aymara folktale from Bolivia.

The Rain That Refused One Village

High on the Andean plateau, where the wind carried the voices of the mountains and the clouds moved low enough to touch, there once stood an Aymara village that depended entirely on rain. The people farmed quinoa and potatoes on narrow terraces carved into the earth generations before. Every planting season began with ceremonies honoring the ancestors, the spirits of

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