The Wayuu ethnicity, one of the few throughout the American continent that successfully resisted European domination, today constitutes the majority population of the desert Colombian peninsula of La Guajira. There, amidst the sand and heat, their rancherías stand out clearly, the name given to the settlements where the Wayuu have grouped into small societies, seeking ways of life more secure than the original nomadism, but without losing their rich cultural tradition. This book by Santiago Harker, with an introductory text by the Wayuu anthropologist Weildler Guerra, represents not only a passionate vision of the present but an amazing journey towards unexpected landscapes and encounters. The masterful photographs illustrate rites and customs, codes and festivals, attire and crafts. The entire book is a recognition and tribute to the richness and value of the Wayuu culture in the concert of the ancestral ethnic groups that inhabit the territory of Colombia.