Thirty days in Chugchilán is a collaborative project between Alicia and me, Photographer and Writer. For the next month I plan to take a daily walk into town, with a few scraps of paper, and a pencil. I’ll sit down and record what happens. Alicia will record visual impressions of Chugchilán, in her own photographic way.
Chugchilán is a typical village in the Ecuadorian Andes, a lot goes on, but nothing happens. All the men wear gumboots and all the women wear colourful shawls. There are plenty of cute, grubby faced kids and almost as many animals in town, as people. There is a town square, lined by a church, and a volleyball court. Sunday is market day. The rest of the week the atmospheric comings and goings of clouds comprise the majority of local traffic.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
22 abril, hueves
There is a piglet loose around Chugchilán. Our worried neighbour came over this morning asking if we had seen a chancho (piggy). She motioned with her hands and showed an animal the size of a puppy. Just how far can an animal that small wander?
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