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Every June, communities in the Cusco region, capital of the Inca Empire, join efforts in making ropes out of q'oya plants to renovate the Q'eswachaka bridge, the last of its kind, keeping alive a work and testament of the ancient Inca knowledge.
The Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge, which dates back to the Inca empire in Peru and whose conservation ritual is on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, is restored after collapsing in March due to the deterioration of its ropes that could not be renewed amid to the pandemic.
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