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Woman's World

In the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, I encountered this lady from the Kogi tribe. Kogi women are always barefoot and have a weighty farming responsibility among these indigenous people. Here, this tribe member carries her heavy haul of harvested bananas in a an intricately weaved satchels- made by young females among the clan.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2017
Date Uploaded: 04.2017
Photo Location: sierra nevada de santa marta, Colombia
Copyright: © EDDIE SMITH