islands fashioned from this plant. The Uru people also use the totora plant to make boats (balsas) of the bundled dried plant reeds. In Titicaca, it commonly...

Totora may refer to: Totora (plant), a South American plant Totora Municipality, Carrasco Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Totora, Cochabamba...

floating Totora roots, which are tied together with ropes and covered in multiple layers of totora reeds. These dense roots that the plants develop and...

Balsa (ship) Bipod mast Caballito de totora Cyperus papyrus Kitín Muñoz Traditional fishing boats Totora (plant) Tormod Granheim Tule Xisuthros McGrail...

build homes resting on hand-made islands all from simple reeds from the totora plant. Similarly, in the southern wetlands of Iraq, the Marsh Arabs (Arab al-Ahwār)...

Totora (/toʊtʊərɑː/) (in Hispanicized spelling), Tutura or T'utura (Aymara and Quechua for Schoenoplectus californicus, an aquatic plant) is a town in...

also been made from this plant by many cultures, including the Caballito de totora in Peru for over 3,000 years. The plants are still farmed in wetlands...

Reserve (36,180 hectares) protects extensive stretches of totora reeds and various species of plants and animals. The climate is cold and dry, with a four-month...

of Car Eponyms 1825 Kiwicha Sleeping car Species of Flowering Plant (Quechua) 1826 Totora Sleeping car Giant Bulrush Sedge (Quechua) 1830 Ichu Observation...

expressions as the marinera dance, Peruvian paso horses, caballitos de totora, Trujillo's gastronomy, etc. The North Group was formed here, with Eduardo...