Don Rosendo Maqui

This photograph wasn´t taken for a person. I digitized it with my personal scaner.

We can see

in the imagine, the profile of a native Peruvian with the typical Aymara clothes . As well we can see the beautiful stars shining t

he light over those rocks.

The native, apparently, is Sixty years old. His nostalgic look shows that He is thinking about the history of their community, the difficult history that his village lives .

I don´t know who and neither when the picture was drawn. I know that it is the cover of the novel " El mundo es ancho y ajeno", By Ciro alegría, Peruvian writer. This novel is one of my favorite.

The novel speaks of how landowners steal that land to the indigenous. As well It speaks about the suffering, humillation, penury, and exploitation that the natives breathe every day .

I like this photograph because It materialized the feeling of the serenity, face of adversity and pain. "History is made by the people" It is said.

I recommend this novel because you don´t lose time. Socialize the thought of other cultures and you will learn that the life is not straight.