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Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards. Named for the way they are ridden, straddled ('little reed horses' in English), fishermen use them to transport their nets and collect fish in their inner cavity.
Totora reed fishing boats on the beach at Huanchaco, Peru. Reed boats and rafts, along with dugout canoes and other rafts, are among the oldest known types of boats.Often used as traditional fishing boats, they are still used in a few places around the world, though they have generally been replaced with planked boats.
Totora made artificial floating islands of the Uru peoples, as traditional settlements, in Lake Titicaca where Totora grows Aymara Totora Reed Boat on display at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC Totora ( Schoenoplectus californicus subsp. tatora ) is a subspecies of the giant bulrush sedge .
The Aymara reed boat builders of Bolivia's Lake Titicaca are the foremost builders in the world today, having built the hulls of Viracocha I and II. The art of reed boat building has been passed down through generations and survives on both the Peruvian and Bolivian sides of the lake.
Huanchaco is notable not only for consistent, smooth waves, but also for being the birthplace of the Caballito de totora boat which is regarded as one of the first known surf crafts. [3] Huanchaco's beaches offer smooth and consistent waves, as it is very exposed to all swells. [11]
Read boat in Lake Titicaca. A balsa is a boat or ship built by various pre-Columbian South American civilizations constructed from woven reeds of the totora bulrush. They varied in size from small canoe sized personal fishing boats to large ships up to 30 metres long. They are still used on Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia.
Uros harvesting totora on Lake Titicaca near the city of Puno. Uros island view Uro man working on his reed boat. Uro man pulling boat made of reeds. The Uru or Uros (Uru: Qhas Qut suñi) are an indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru. They live on a still-growing group of about 120 self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca near Puno.
All subsequent vessels were commissioned to boat builders from the Aymara nation living at Lake Titicaca in Bolivia; [2] the same boat builders worked already for Thor Heyerdahl. As building material they used the very sturdy and durable Totora reed which is far better suited for this purpose.