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didn’t want to lose our sol while we

were in Peru.

In the first home I entered, as the

owner showed me around, I

immediately noticed guinea pigs

running everywhere. The owner

pointed at them, then signaled to his

mouth, indicating that they were

food. I had learned that guinea pigs

were a delicacy there. The guinea

pigs ran in and out of the house and

courtyard as freely as the chickens

did.

Something in that particular home

quickly caught my attention. There

were three recesses in the wall, each a

type of small cathedral-shaped alcove