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[Taita Imbabura, a spiritual presence, looms over the Indigenous settlements in the vicinity of Otavalo, Ecuador (photo: John McDowell)]
[Taita Imbabura, a spiritual presence, looms over the Indigenous settlements in the vicinity of Otavalo, Ecuador (photo: John McDowell)]