Smiling children near Riobamba, Ecuador
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1991
- Location
- Riobamba, Ecuador
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use
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A group of young boys smile and laugh. They are dressed in colorful woolen clothing. Two of them are wearing hats.
These young boys show the physical characteristics of Ecuador’s large indigenous population. Riobamba is located in the highlands of Ecuador between the rainforest and the coast. The area is home to many Quechua-speaking peoples who continue to practice traditional lifeways. These young boys show the physical characteristics of Ecuador’s large indigenous population.
