Why do Uros Islands move on Lake Titicaca?

The Uros people of Peru created a society on Lake Titicaca using dried totora reeds to make about 50 islands, complete with huts, furniture, and canoes. They lived on the islands for security and domesticated wild animals for food. About 500 years ago, the indigenous Uros (Uru) people of southeastern Peru abandoned life on land […]

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