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Vol. V No. 2 … The Cover: Early each Sunday morning thousands of Indians gather in the “Calle Real” and the Plaza of Huancayo to attend the market or “Fair.” Everything is sold here. From pigs to coffins. There are few Indian markets in South America which can compare with it. Of even more interest than the varied wares are the Indian women themselves who sell the goods. They wear the coarse hand-loomed dresses and blouses so familiar among these self-sustaining Indian folk. Hats of a rough felt and invariably a wide scarf which is loosely slung over the shoulders or otherwise tied in a knot in front. And inside the scarf there may be anything at all – groceries, fagots or even a baby. Men are seldom seen without the serapes which they wear about their shoulders as protection against the cold weather of the Andean Highlands.