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Peru: Children of the Andes

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Incan traditions are still alive in the Andes Mountains. Peruvian children live and work in the white salt pans of the Andes Mountains. They work with their fathers to process the salt while their mothers teach them the traditions of cooking and other household chores.

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Runtime: 15 minutes 30 seconds

Topic: Geography, Home and Family, Social Science
Subtopic: Family Life, Multiculturalism, South America
Grade/Interest Level: 2 - 5
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Release Year: 2014
Producer/Distributor: Film Ideas, Inc
Series: Children Of The World
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Small white ship with bottom deck that has open panels and an upper deck that has glass panels and is open above.The captain's bridge is on the top of the ship and has large windows on 2 sides. Caption. But even after our ship docks at harbor.

Boy sits on the floor drinking from a plastic cup. 2 people sit on a hand-built, rustic platform bed behind him. 1 girl smiles and the other has a cloth covering her. Caption. Sound of baby crying.

Person walking carries large baskets tied together with rope. 3 baskets are stacked and strapped onto the top of a pack on the person's back.

Closeup of a green map with 4 of China's regions outlined in white. Caption. You will find a lake over half the size of Seoul.

Landscape photo of an Andean slope covered with muddy rectangular salt pans. The pans are framed in white with accumulating salt. Each pan is a different color ranging from white to amber. Caption. And 10 of the mines belong to my family.

Aerial view of a blue ocean with a sprinkling of islands in the South Pacific to form Tuvalu. Caption. It is an archipelago of 9 islands.

Aerial view of a muddy river running through a village. A barge floats on the river and smaller boats are docked. Lush green fields grow in the background.