A rebirth of ancient skills revitalises a village in Peru’s Sacred Valley

Looming crisis avoided … a woman working in Ccaccaccollo’s revitalised weaving market, Peru. Photograph: Simon Willis Ccaccaccollo village’s weaving market is perched on an emerald-green Andean mountainside, looking out across Peru’s Sacred Valley. Inside a straw-roofed hut, two women sit at wooden looms working the foot treadles, transforming the frames into thrusting locomotives.